"bolt bucket" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-boltbucket.ogg [US], en-au-bolt bucket.ogg [Australia] Forms: bolt buckets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bolt bucket (plural bolt buckets)
  1. (idiomatic, slang) A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable. Tags: idiomatic, slang Related terms: beater, clunker, rust bucket Translations (a clunky or unreliable machine, especially an automobile): tas de boue [masculine] (French), tas de ferraille [masculine] (French), ведро с гайками (vedro s gajkami) (english: bucket with nuts) (Russian), драндуле́т (drandulét) (Russian), колыма́га (kolymága) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bolt_bucket-en-noun-fYhaHFvG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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