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Meanings of rattletrap in inglês

An old decrepit automobile.

Usage of rattletrap in inglês
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The horrid smoke that always came from that rattletrap of a stove!
Seven Icelandic Short Stories
2
A rattletrap of an old truck passed, windows down, heavy-metal music throbbing.
Running scared
3
His last chance of surviving this was a rattletrap junkyard refugee.
The stand
4
Then followed the sound of a rattletrap of a wagon approaching.
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout; Or, The Speediest Car on th...
5
Right up there in the pilot house of that rattletrap.
Fevre Dream
6
Mrs. Carr drove past in that old rattletrap buggy of hers with the open back.
Rainbow Valley
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Somehow he obtained a rattletrap wagon and two horses.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
8
It's an old rattletrap affair, and I don't believe it has been used for years.
Sunny Boy and His Playmates
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He also wished his rattletrap truck had windshield wipers.
American empire: blood and iron
10
Then the car, which was nothing but an old rattletrap affair, was allowed to burn up.
The Rover Boys on a Hunt; or, The Mysterious House in the Woods
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Even as I was saying this, an old rattletrap coach was pulling in off the road.
Anathem
12
Toby stepped closer to the rattletrap carriage.
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
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Nan reached the old rattletrap wagon first.
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
14
The old rattletrap was an old friend.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 / A Magazine...
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How can any one be comfortable in such a miserable old rattletrap of a place as this?
Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor
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He'd destroy himself and me, too, if I attempted to ride him at such a rattletrap as that.
Barchester Towers
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