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rust bucket

rust bucket is the alternative form of rustbucket.

Meaning of rustbucket

Noun

rustbucket (plural rustbuckets)

  1. (slang) An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
    • That sagging old rustbucket is designed like a garbage scow!1967, David Gerrold, The Trouble with Tribbles, spoken by Korax

Forms of rust bucket

pluralrust buckets

Questions about rust bucket

What is rust bucket the alternative form of?
Rust bucket is the alternative form of rustbucket.

Words near rust bucket in the dictionary

  1. Russum
  2. Russums
  3. rust
  4. rust belt
  5. rust belts
  6. rust bucket
  7. rust buckets
  8. rust flies
  9. rust fly
  10. rust fungi
  11. rust fungus

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