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Boneshaker

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).

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

  2. 2
    any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable wordnet
  3. 3
    Something jolty.

    "a boneshaker of a journey"

Etymology

From bone + shaker, from the uncomfortableness of the ride.

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