tin lizzie
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small, unpretentious, vintage automobile, especially one that is in run-down condition.
Informal
noun
Alternative letter-case form of tin Lizzie.
noun
A piece of waste ground near the railway, in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1960s, where local children often played, and where Mary Bell killed Brian Howe.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of tin Lizzie.
Example Sentences
- "Fate, in the guise of a rural free delivery carrier and a Ford, passed by the front gate. . . . "I don' see why he don't carry a whip," mused Jeb Case. "A-gidappin' to that there tin lizzie," he muttered disgustedly, "jes' like it was as good as a hoss.""
- "The Model T became a legend. . . . The Tin Lizzie rattled and banged across the country."
- ""It's a ottomobile. . . . It's a second-hand tin Lizzie," said Walter. "D'you know what that means? It means a flivver.""
- ""The car he was driving was a shit-box, a real Tin Lizzie, older than Christ.""