bone shaker

noun

Slang.

1. an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.

2. any uncomfortable vehicle.

3. a rough ride in a vehicle.

Example Sentences

"Bone shaker, dominator;Freight train, wrecking ball, I'm the gladiator."

From Salon

Among them are an update of one of those first cars called the Deora II, and a redesigned version of the legendary Larry Wood-designed Bone Shaker.

From Fox News

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 Project Gutenberg