ramshackle

Preposition: of

• building: Near the door of the most ramshackle of the buildings were what appeared to be bloody hand prints.

Modifies a noun

• hut: In a ramshackle hut on the fringes of the City toiled a boy of no more than ten cycles.
• charm: Echo The World ( We Live In ) has a ramshackle charm, off-kilter melodies and delightfully crisp vocals abound.
• affair: There is a rather ramshackle affair about twenty yards away at platform 3b that no one seems to own.
• cottage: The newlywed Munroes purchase a rundown, ramshackle cottage and plan to fix it up themselves, primarily to escape her meddling father.
• building: At the end of the track we came to a small ramshackle building, the research center.
• house: In a ramshackle old house the wind becomes a constant, unsettling moan beyond the walls.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: There is a rather ramshackle affair about twenty yards away at platform 3b that no one seems to own.
• slightly: It has a slightly ramshackle atmosphere, which adds to the charm.
• somewhat: During the trial, the somewhat ramshackle nature of the Halifax's security procedures came to light.
• very: The furniture was very ramshackle, and the bed, a large old-fashioned wooden one, with a festooned tent or awning overhanging it.
• totally: If Hitler had known what was going on, Mr. Irving writes, he would have shaped up a " totally ramshackle operation.
• so: Winston Spencer Castle Road, NW1 Camden planning is so ramshackle these days. They probably think they can get away with anything.