rattletrap

Example Sentences

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When I decided to leave The New York Times for a new career as a college professor in my home state of Texas, I realized we were going to have to get our cars across the country, including my rattletrap of a 2008 Smart.

From New York Times

Disenchantment prevails as he bounces between rattletrap taxis and fancy safari lodges, unleashing a volley of complaints at squalor and tourist elitism alike.

From Washington Post

Gus’s old rattletrap of a car was in the driveway and the smell of spaghetti sauce drifted through the screen door.

From Literature

Arriving in Kenya, I was so tired from the travel I could barely make conversation, but riding into the city in the backseat of Auma’s rattletrap Volkswagen Bug, I took note of how the quickness of her smile was just like Barack’s, how the curve of her head also resembled his.

From Literature

The two-lane highway that curves up the coast from Montevideo is rarely crowded, except on Sunday evenings headed back into the capital, and you’re more likely to be stuck behind an old rattletrap of a truck than to hit a line of cars.

From New York Times