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bolt bucket

bolt bucket noun: a machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.

Noun

bolt bucket (plural bolt buckets)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
    • He's still driving the old boltbucket he drove while he was in school.

Forms of bolt bucket

pluralbolt buckets

Questions about bolt bucket

What does bolt bucket mean?
Bolt bucket means a machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
What part of speech is bolt bucket?
Bolt bucket is a noun.
What is the plural of bolt bucket?
The plural of bolt bucket is bolt buckets.

Words near bolt bucket in the dictionary

  1. bolsters up
  2. Bolstone
  3. bolt
  4. bolt action
  5. bolt actions
  6. bolt bucket
  7. bolt buckets
  8. bolt circle
  9. bolt circles
  10. bolt cropper
  11. bolt croppers

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