bolt bucket

noun

bolt bucket

noun
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.
Related terms
beater, clunker, rust bucket

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