"Flivver" in OED

[Sam Clements]

Since "tin can" for a destroyer is only cited in RHDAS from 1939, and "tin
Lizzie" is cited as early as 1915 in Mathews, I'd bet against there being a
connection.  I'd speculate on the "can" and "tincan" meaning of depth
charges, cited from WWI.

--SC
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>
> Further speculation: Any connection between the car and destroyer senses
of
> "flivver" and "tin Lizzie" and "tin can"?