RAMSHACKLE


Meaning of RAMSHACKLE in English

— ramshackleness , n.

/ram"shak'euhl/ , adj.

loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house.

[ 1815-25; cf. earlier rans ( h ) ackled, obscurely akin to RANSACK ]

Syn . tumbledown, dilapidated, derelict, flimsy.

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