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boneshaker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wheeled vehicle |
that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker.
Examples of boneshaker
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Early races involving boneshaker style bicycles were predictably fraught with injuries.
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Johnnie gives chase, first on foot, then by handcar and boneshaker bicycle, before reaching a station in Chattanooga.
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These highspeed trains are so efficient they are virtually silent compared to the old boneshaker trains we get through High Wycombe.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
Away from the crystal waters, my little ones love the open, boneshaker cable car ride to the 1,019m summit of Monte Capanne, for views as far as Corsica and right up the Tuscan coast.
From the guardian.co.uk
That RCAF boneshaker has a shower the size of a phone booth, yet the Duchess of Cambridge looked almost as glamorous as Snooki when she emerged onto the steps at LAX.
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- Any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable; "that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker"
- Boneshaker (or "bone-shaker") is a name used from about 1869 up to the present time, to refer to the first type of true bicycle with pedals, which was called "velocipede" (from the Latin for "fast foot") by its manufacturers. ...
- Boneshaker is a science fiction novel by Cherie Priest which combines the steampunk genre with zombies in an alternate history version of Seattle, Washington. It has been nominated for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
- The earliest type of bicycle, from the mid 19th century. A boneshaker had wheels of roughly equal size, like a modern "safety" bicycle, but the pedals were directly connected to the front hub, as with a high wheeler. ...
- Name given to velocipede and its bone-shaking ride.
