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ramshackle

[ ram-shak-uhl ]

adjective

  1. loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky:

    a ramshackle house.

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ramshackle

/ ˈæˌʃæə /

adjective

  1. (esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ramshackle1

1815–25; compare earlier rans(h)ackled, obscurely akin to ransack
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ramshackle1

C17 ramshackled , from obsolete ransackle to ransack
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I came across Toad characters fishing and ramshackle vehicles that encouraged me to follow them.

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He said Reform UK won 4.1 million votes at last year's general election "with a ramshackle operation and an army of volunteers who worked their socks off for no recompense whatsoever".

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Desperation quickly turned to heartbreak when her brother-in-law found Ajit's tiny body floating in the pond in the courtyard outside their ramshackle home.

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Living in near-poverty in a series of poor apartments, or out of a ramshackle touring van for weeks on end?

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Miod moved to Malibu a few years after high school and found a room in a ramshackle three-bedroom wooden house that stood out among the glittery residences lining Pacific Coast Highway.

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