bone shaker
nounSlang.
an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
any uncomfortable vehicle.
a rough ride in a vehicle.
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How to use bone shaker in a sentence
The distance from the town was no obstacle, he being the happy possessor of a "bone-shaker" bicycle.
The Little Missis | Charlotte SkinnerWe got here middle day, yesterday—came over the hills from the railway in a regular old bone-shaker of a coach.
The New Tenant | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for boneshaker
boneshaker
/ (ˈbəʊnˌʃeɪkə) /
noun
an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
slang any decrepit or rickety vehicle
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