dunger
/ˈdʌŋɡə
/noun NZ informal
A worn-out vehicle or machine: parents often give their teen the old dunger to drive...
- What am I going to do with the old dunger?
- The old bomb the team policing unit gets around in was so clapped out and such a dunger, the front seat had snapped.
- Any old dunger will do but, for hoofing it on the beach on the way up, a 4WD is a must.
Origin
1980s: imitative of the sound of an old or damaged engine.