rickle

British  

/ ˈrɪkəl /

noun

1. an unsteady or shaky structure, esp a dilapidated building

2. a loose or disorganized heap

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Etymology

Origin of rickle

C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin

Example Sentences

The episode “A Rickle in Time” riffs on this idea with uncertainty after uncertainty resulting in 64 parallel timelines and floating Schrödinger’s cats.

From Slate

Mary Rickle, a spokesperson for Netroots Nation, acknowledged that Netroots has struggled with race, but said it went to great lengths to incorporate the protesters.

From MSNBC

I hear nae stir in the howe," said the beadsman, "and see naething but that rickle o' a house standing on that eerie pinnacle, like a craw's nest on the tap o' a tree in a glen.

From Project Gutenberg

The Se�ora was a little woman—a mere "rickle of bones," in Jean's Scottish phrase, and hardly heavier than a stout six months' lamb.

From Project Gutenberg

Do you wonder that my desire went out to her greatly, and that all in a moment I sprang down the rickle of stones as if they had been a made road?

From Project Gutenberg