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| has gloss | (noun) any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable; "that old bike without rubber tires was a real boneshaker" boneshaker |
| has gloss | eng: Boneshaker (or "bone-shaker") is a name used from about 1869 up to the present time, to refer to the first type of true bicycle with pedals, which was called "velocipede" (from the Latin for "fast foot") by its manufacturers. "Boneshaker" refers to the extremely uncomfortable ride, which was caused by the stiff wrought-iron frame and wooden wheels surrounded by tires made of iron. |
| lexicalization | eng: Bone-shaker |
| lexicalization | eng: boneshaker |
| subclass of | (noun) a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" wheeled vehicle |
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| Asturian | |
| lexicalization | ast: carraca |
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| lexicalization | ast: caciplu |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: kostitřas |
| German | |
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| lexicalization | deu: altes Auto |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: velocipedo |
| lexicalization | epo: karako |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: frette |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 구식 자전거 |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: traste |
| Swedish | |
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| lexicalization | swe: harskramla |
| Turkish | |
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| lexicalization | tur: külüstür araba |
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| similar | e/Boneshaker |
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| media:img | Boneshaker, European, circa 1868.JPG |
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