tired iron
n.— «Old airplanes are such a risk that the aviation industry even has a term for them—‘tired iron.” This tired iron should have been retired.» —“Motley Rice LLC Files Suit in Connection with Seaplane Crash” in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. BusinessWire Jan. 20, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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