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boneshaker

/ ˈbəʊnˌʃeɪkə /

noun

  1. an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
  2. slang.
    any decrepit or rickety vehicle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The man named Honeysett had ridden off on an old boneshaker of his to fetch the engines.

There was a rapid growth in the size of the front wheel, which in the boneshaker normally measured 36 or 38 in.

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