boney, noun

/ˈbəʊni/
Forms:
Also bony.
Origin:
EnglishShow more Probably formed on English boneshaker bicycle without rubber tyres, decrepit vehicle + (informal) noun-forming suffix -y.
slang
A bicycle; a motor-cycle.
1970 J.R. Bennett Informant, KrugersdorpBony: Bicycle. This bony rides lekker.
1976 Bike S. Afr. Oct.When your bony is mif and dirty do you..get the moer in?
1983 A. Goldstuck in Frontline Oct. 58Screaming along on a souped-up boney with your goose holding on tightly was a social statement.
1984 W. Stevenson in Sunday Times 29 Jan. (Life Style) 9We don’t want heavy ous in our club. They mustn’t have a criminal record and they must have boneys bigger than 750cc.
1991 C. Sammy Informant, Adelaide, Eastern CapeBoney: Bicycle.
1992 [see smaak].
A bicycle; a motor-cycle.
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