ramshackle
[ ram-shak-uhl ]
adjective
loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house.
Origin of ramshackle
11815–25; compare earlier rans(h)ackled, obscurely akin to ransack
Other words for ramshackle
Other words from ramshackle
- ram·shack·le·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for ramshackle
ramshackle
/ (ˈræmˌʃækəl) /
adjective
(esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict
Origin of ramshackle
1C17 ramshackled, from obsolete ransackle to ransack
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