"tin Lizzie" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1917, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 6, in The Oakdale Affair:",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "1947 April 21, “Michigan: Detroit Dynast”, in Time:",
          "text": "The Model T became a legend. . . . The Tin Lizzie rattled and banged across the country.",
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        "The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile."
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        "(informal, dated) The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile."
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          "ref": "1921, Booth Tarkington, chapter 6, in Alice Adams:",
          "text": "\"It's a ottomobile. . . . It's a second-hand tin Lizzie,\" said Walter. \"D'you know what that means? It means a flivver.\"",
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          "text": "\"The car he was driving was a shit-box, a real Tin Lizzie, older than Christ.\"",
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