ramshackle Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite in deplorable condition
dilapidated; broken-down; tumble-down; tatterdemalion; derelict; bedraggled.
- a street of bedraggled tenements
- a broken-down fence
- a ramshackle old pier
- a tumble-down shack
WordNet
Ram"shac*kle adjective
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.Definitions
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach. Thackeray.
Ram"shac*kle transitive verb
Definitions
To search or ransack; to rummage. Prov. Eng.
