boneshaker

British  

/ ˈbəʊnˌʃeɪkə /

noun

1. an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs

2. slang any decrepit or rickety vehicle

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Example Sentences

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

Samuel found himself suddenly admitted, as it were, to the inner fellowship of the boneshaker, exalted above the rest of the Square.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

They are rude machines, only a slight improvement upon the honored boneshaker; but their introduction is suggestive of what may be looked for in the future.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

One morning in March, a boneshaker, an affair on two equal wooden wheels joined by a bar of iron, in the middle of which was a wooden saddle, disturbed the gravity of St. Luke's Square.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold