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rattletrap
/ ˈrætəlˌtræp /
noun
- informal.a broken-down old vehicle, esp an old car
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rattletrap1
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Example Sentences
It is not gallant in Chauncey to permit the lady to appear in such an antiquated rattletrap.
They went out through the doors of the waiting room toward a rattletrap vehicle.
"Excuse me from ever taking such a long trip again in an old rattletrap of a boat like that," declared Bluff.
Emily, I'm thinkin' of fixin' up Uncle Abner's old rattletrap and openin' a boardin'-house for summer folks in it.
The medics were injecting a heart stimulant into him and he was vibrating like a rattletrap car racing over a gravel road.
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