a nickname for the name Elizabeth; also an informal term for an old or unreliable vehicle, especially a Model T Ford.
A diminutive form of Elizabeth, which comes from Hebrew 'Elisheva.' In American slang from the early 1900s, 'tin lizzie' or 'lizzie' referred to the common Model T Ford automobile.
The phrase 'tin lizzie' for a beat-up old car became so popular that it outlasted the Model T itself—people still use 'lizzie' to describe any clunky vehicle even though few remember why.
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