bucket
n.— «In the 1960s, about 80,000 M113s were built, many of which are still in use. “Some of the military people refer to it as a bucket because of the noisy ride.”» —“Sheriff’s Office acquires its own armored vehicle” by Lory Pounder St. Augustine Record (Florida) Feb. 11, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people disagreed over the best word to use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell suggested answering with ahoy! but Thomas Edison was partial to hello! A fascinating new book about...
Sarah in Fleming Island, Florida, is curious about the saying sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you, which suggests “it’s a dog-eat-dog world,” or “eat or be eaten,” or more gently, “you win...