boneshaker
Britishnoun
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an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
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slang any decrepit or rickety vehicle
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Arguably the turning point came on 22 minutes, when England got to within a few yards of the opposition line but Victor Radley knocked on after an absolute boneshaker from Tonga captain Jason Taumalolo.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
This we learn when a census officer pops by his breeze-block house – a half-cute, half-clumsy device – just before he hops on his boneshaker for the night shift at the local auto factory.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2013
By the time the old boneshaker finally took to the road, the empty plastic bag and bottle were at his feet, and he was gnawing the last clam off the stick.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
The man named Honeysett had ridden off on an old boneshaker of his to fetch the engines.
From Oswald Bastable and Others by C. E. (Charles Edmund) Brock
At last the boneshaker displayed less unwillingness to obey, and lo! in a moment Dick was riding down the Square, and the spectators held their breath as if he had been Blondin crossing Niagara.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
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