rust bucket

British  

noun

1. slang  something that is run-down or dilapidated, esp a very badly rusted car

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adjective

1. informal  run-down or dilapidated

   rustbucket factories

Example Sentences

It's got so many holes in it that it's disappearing from view, sinking fast, soon to be a rust bucket, which is an apt description of the manager's project at Ibrox after this degrading, cataclysmic defeat.

From BBC

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

We sit at the dock for more than two hours aboard an old rust bucket — albeit a rather comfortable one.

From Washington Post

Traveling in a camper van was something our two teenage sons had wanted to try since watching the “Ben 10” cartoon show, in which the hero’s grandfather drove around in his RV, “Rust Bucket.”

From Washington Times

At this point it is clear that most congressional Republicans will stay aboard the rust bucket USS Trump, which has been taking on water from the beginning, until it actually begins to sink.

From Washington Post