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chatter bump
 n.— «A key issue is what the suit calls “chatter bumps,” which rural drivers refer to as washboards.» —“Condition of county road to factor in wrongful-death suit” by Steven Hepker Citizen-Patriot (Jackson, Mich.) Feb. 11, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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