boneshaker

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boneshaker

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

noun boneshakers

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

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"boneshaker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boneshaker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"boneshaker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boneshaker.

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@misc{boneshaker_2026,
  title = {boneshaker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boneshaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}