bolt bucket

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Noun[edit]

bolt bucket (plural bolt buckets)

(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.

Translations[edit]

a clunky or unreliable machine, especially an automobile

French: tas de boue (fr) m, tas de ferraille (fr) m
Russian: ведро с гайками (vedro s gajkami) (bucket with nuts), драндуле́т (ru) (drandulét), колыма́га (ru) f (kolymága)

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