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   ramshackle

   /ˈramˌʃakl/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair: "a ramshackle cottage"

   Word Origin early 19th century (originally dialect in the sense ‘irregular, disorderly’): alteration of earlier ramshackled, altered form of obsolete ransackled ‘ransacked’.

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   What does ramshackle mean?

   • destartalado, maltrecho, desvencijado… caindo aos pedaços, decrépito, periclitante… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! RAMSHACKLE definition: 1. badly or untidily made and likely to break or fall down easily: 2. badly organized: 3. badly….

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   What is a ramshackle system?

   • A ramshackle system, union, or collection of things has been put together without much thought and is not likely to work very well. They joined with a ramshackle alliance of other rebels. ...the present tax system, which the opposition says is ramshackle and complicated.

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   What is a ramshackle building?

   • A ramshackle building is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building. (esp of buildings) badly constructed or maintained; rickety, shaky, or derelict....

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   What does ramshackle house mean?

   • loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1. Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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   What is a ramshackle place?

   • It's ramshackle — in other words, in terrible condition and barely holding together. If you think there's a similarity between a place that's been ransacked and a place that's ramshackle, you'd be right. Ramshackle comes from ransackle, an old 19th century term for "ransack."

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   What does ramshackle improvisation mean?

   • ‘Fred Karno's army’ was a by-word for ramshackle improvisation, after Fred Karno, the comedian. Sampson captures their ramshackle operations in unsparing detail. 2. Esp. of a building or vehicle: loose and shaky, as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown; in a state of severe disrepair.

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   Ramshackle definition: loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky. See examples of RAMSHACKLE used in a sentence.

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   Ramshackle means appearing ready to collapse or carelessly constructed. It comes from an alteration of ransackled, meaning "to search through or plunder." See examples, synonyms, and word history.

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   1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A ramshackle building is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

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   Ramshackle means unsteady, irregular, disorderly, or loose and shaky, especially of a building or vehicle. It can be used as an adjective or a noun, and has regional variations in Scotland and Lincolnshire.

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   adjective. in deplorable condition. “a ramshackle old pier”. synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down. damaged. harmed or injured or spoiled.

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