| 单词 | tin lizzie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTin Lizzie 2. A motor car, esp. an early model of a ‘Ford’. Also Tin Lizzie. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] buggy1888 motor vehicle1890 motor carriage1894 autocar1895 jam jar1895 motor car1895 car1896 traction1896 motor1899 bubble1901 machine1901 Lizzie1913 buzz-wagon1914 road car1914 short1914 scooter1917 buzz-box1920 ride1930 drag1935 bus1939 wagon1955 wheels1959 sheen1968 low rider1974 scoot1977 1913 ‘B. L. Standish’ Desert (advt.) (rear cover) So, when you get tired of rolling around in your Lady Lizzie..hie yourself to the nearest news dealer. 1915 Chicago Herald 2 Nov. 4/2 You're right about the guy who is able to make a tin lizzie out of the cans they tie to him. 1921 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 824/1 The Colonel and I set out in the one and only ‘tin-Lizzie’ that the force owned. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 37/2 We then prepared to start for home; but ‘Lizzie’..refused..to think of starting. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 253/1 An extra bad pothole put Lizzie's back axle out of action. 1927 Daily Express 7 Sept. 2/7 The present Ford model is no longer popular, because of its cheap appearance and association with the name ‘Tin Lizzie’. 1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home 233 The pace they drove their old tin lizzies. 1956 J. Tickell Moon Squadron 39 These special duty ‘Lizzies’ had to be stripped of all guns, armour and wireless equipment—except radio telephones—in order to allow room for the passengers. Tin Lizzie Tin Lizzie n. see Lizzie n. 2. < as lemmas |
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