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boneshaker

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From bone + shaker, from the uncomfortableness of the ride.

  1. 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.”

  2. Something jolty.

    “a boneshaker of a journey”

    “The car was a real boneshaker.”