boneshaker
noun
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noun
Etymology: From bone + shaker, from the uncomfortableness of the ride.
- A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
“The man named Honeysett had ridden off on an old boneshaker of his to fetch the engines.”
- Something jolty.
“a boneshaker of a journey”
“The car was a real boneshaker.”