rust bucket
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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I had passed my driving test and, without success, tried to convince my two best friends to drive to Spain in the rust bucket that was my appropriately named Triumph Toledo.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021
But it is Ridley Scott’s original “Alien,” forty years old this spring, that remains the benchmark; like Scott, Denis delves into the group psychology of a beleaguered crew, housed in an interplanetary rust bucket.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 5, 2019
His promotion enables him to pay off his debts, get a place of his own and replace his rust bucket with a new car.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2018
Even by North Korean standards, the Jie Shun was a veritable rust bucket.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2017
On her way over in a rust bucket, she and her children were forced to throw everything but the clothes on their backs overboard when the boat started sinking.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2016
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