About The Word Ramshackle
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Ramshackle
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What's The Definition Of Ramshackle?
[adj] in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ramshackle: bedraggled | broken-down | damaged | dilapidated | tatterdemalion | tumble-down | unsound Related Terms | Find terms related to Ramshackle: See Also | Ramshackle In Webster's Dictionary \Ram"shac*kle\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his
ramshackle coach. --Thackeray.
\Ram"shac*kle\, v. t. To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.] |
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