boneshaker

See also: bone-shaker

English

Etymology

bone +‎ shaker, from the uncomfortableness of the ride.

Noun

boneshaker (plural boneshakers)

  1. A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
  2. Something jolty.
    The car was a real boneshaker.
    a boneshaker of a journey
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