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Meaning of boneshaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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