tin Lizzie

Noun

dated informal broadly

Japanese Meaning

フォード・モーター社のモデルT自動車（昔のモデル） / 小型で質素なヴィンテージカー、特に古くて手入れが行き届いていない自動車

What is this buttons?

My grandfather still drives his old tin Lizzie to the market every Sunday.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

祖父は今でも毎週日曜日に古いフォード・モデルTで市場へ行きます。

Details

Sense（1）

(informal, dated) The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile.

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."

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