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ramshackle definition

ram·shackle (ram′s̸hak′əl)

adjective

loose and rickety; likely to fall to pieces; shaky a ramshackle old building

Etymology: back-form. < ramshackled, for earlier ransackled, pp. of ransackle, freq. of ransack

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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