boneshaker

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The boneshaker was brought forth by Dick Povey, the only son of Daniel, now aged eleven years, under the superintendence of his father, and the Square soon perceived that Dick had a natural talent for breaking- in an untrained boneshaker.

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  • Well, all the necessary instructions are provided here, so read on to find out how you can spruce up that old boneshaker of yours into one funky scoother that is able to offer GPS navigation, a pirated radio station and even enough power to juice up an electric guitar so that you can play songs via the Web. —  Ubergizmo
  • Once you've wedged the earbuds in, you'll enjoy a reasonable amount of noise isolation which might come in handy if you have to suffer a boneshaker bus commute every day. —  Digital-Lifestyles
  • The boneshaker was brought forth by Dick Povey, the only son of Daniel, now aged eleven years, under the superintendence of his father, and the Square soon perceived that Dick had a natural talent for breaking- in an untrained boneshaker. —  The Old Wives' Tale
  • What! A boneshaker, his cousin, and then this Well, I'm damned! —  The Old Wives' Tale
  • I began to be acutely anxious about the old boneshaker, the more as we seemed a long way short of the village I had proposed to spend the night in. —  Greenmantle
 

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