A British slang term for a car that is old, dilapidated, and unreliable — the kind that rattles, backfires, and is held together more by luck than engineering. Typically used affectionately or with resigned humor about a vehicle that has clearly seen better days. 'Banger' on its own is widely used to mean the same thing, while 'old banger' adds emphasis on the vehicle's age. The term is common in everyday British speech and frequently appears in discussions of student cars, first cars, and bargain vehicles.
He turned up to the school reunion in the same old banger he'd driven at university — rusted wing mirrors and all.
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(UK, slang) A decrepit car.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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