Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for tin lizzie

tin lizzie

noun as in dilapidated car

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Brooks, 95, spent much of the pandemic working on the book — a year of remembering everything from getting hit by a Tin Lizzie as an 8-year-old in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to writing the musical version of “The Producers” with Tom Meehan at Madame Romaine de Lyon in Manhattan over omelets.

Read more on Seattle Times

Devlin was the first person in town to buy a Model T Ford, and a week later, Mrs. Devlin, on her way home from the Women’s Temperance League tea, drove that tin lizzie into Bonner Lake.

Read more on Literature

Paint the walls a mid-tone gray, such as Tin Lizzie by Sherwin Williams, to make the white furniture pieces stand out.

Read more on Washington Post

Perhaps Tesla is right in terms of recent percentage growth, but the Tin Lizzie made up 40% of U.S. car sales at its peak or, proportionally speaking, 65,000 times the Model 3’s best week so far.

The 1910s and Roaring ’20s brought both the mass production of the Model “Tin Lizzie” T and the mass proliferation of radio stations across the United States.

Read more on Slate

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement