boneshaker

Definitions

1. A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
2. Something jolty.

Equivalents

Examples

“The man named Honeysett had ridden off on an old boneshaker of his to fetch⟳ the engines.”

“a boneshaker of a journey”

“The car was a real boneshaker.”

“As this was my third journey on these boneshakers I am beginning to think⟳ there must be some very serious fault in their design⟳.”

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