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Definition of Rattletrap
1. n. Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly.
Definition of Rattletrap
1. Adjective. Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair. ¹
2. Noun. A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rattletrap
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattletrap
Literary usage of Rattletrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales edited by Charles Wilkins, James Harris (1883)
"Well, one day a certain Mr. Richard rattletrap, a well- known rake, ...
But unfortunately for the rattletrap interest the case had been placed in the hands ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"rattletrap, subs, (common).—i. The mouth ; hence (2) a chatterbox : see RATTLE
... A rattletrap ! The quintain that she had put up with so much anxious care ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... tuoli~ rickety old chair; uuni— rickety old stove] ; rattling old . .
, rattletrap of a . ... piano— rattling old piano, rattletrap of a piano]. ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"[eslin. fuo/i— rickety old chair; uuni~ rickety old stove] ; rattling old . .
, rattletrap of a . . [cslm. piano— rattling old piano, rattletrap of a ..."
5. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... rickety old chair; u,,ni~ rickety old stove] ; rattling old . . , rattletrap
of a . . [esim. piano- rattling old piano, rattletrap of a piano]. ..."
6. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"—Sir J. Sempill, Sacrilege sacredly handled rattletrap, a contemptuous term ...
Л rattletrap! The quintain that she had put up with so much anxious care . ..."
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