bone shaker
Americannoun
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an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
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any uncomfortable vehicle.
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a rough ride in a vehicle.
Example Sentences
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An Airbus marketer derides the 747 as a "bone shaker."
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be compared to the earliest type of bicycle, the ancient "bone shaker," now almost forgotten save by those who, like the writer, had experience of it on its first appearance.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie
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