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BONESHAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boneshaker mean?
• BONESHAKER (noun)
The noun BONESHAKER has 1 sense:
1. any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable
Familiarity information: BONESHAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker
Hypernyms ("boneshaker" is a kind of...):
wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)
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