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bolt buckets

bolt buckets is the plural of bolt bucket.

Meaning of bolt bucket

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.

Questions about bolt buckets

What is bolt buckets the plural of?
Bolt buckets is the plural of bolt bucket.

Words near bolt buckets in the dictionary

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

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