Usually means: Practical details of basic operation.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word nuts-and-bolts:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. nuts-and-bolts: Merriam-Webster
  2. nuts-and-bolts, nuts-and-bolts: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nuts-and-bolts: Dictionary.com
  4. nuts-and-bolts: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nuts-and-bolts: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nuts-and-bolts, nuts-and-bolts: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nuts and bolts)

noun:  (idiomatic) The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate.
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