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After the closure of the school in the early 1900s, the Hôtel Biron housed ramshackle apartments and art studios rented by various Belle Epoque-era luminaries including Jean Cocteau and Isadora Duncan.
RODIN, A CADAVER, AND THE SCANDAL THAT NEARLY DERAILED HIMERIN ZALESKINOVEMBER 19, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
These unique items stand out to scrollers in a sea of content, and their original websites may be as ramshackle as the scam pages, making it difficult to discern the actual source.
HERE'S HOW SHOPPING SCAMS ON FACEBOOK ARE RIPPING OFF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS, WITH THE MONEY FLOWING OVERSEASANDREW R. CHOWDECEMBER 19, 2020TIME
My fondest moments as a student were in that ramshackle but storied building.
HELPING SCIENTISTS SUCCEEDKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Mayorga evokes ramshackle dwellings of her native Colombia and elsewhere with “Beautiful Facade,” a pink-painted cardboard and wood model.
IN THE GALLERIES: PERSPECTIVES ON BLENDING CULTURE AND IDENTITYMARK JENKINSDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POST
He drives a white mule, and has managed to put a top of sail cloth on an old ramshackle buggy, which he calls a 'shay.'
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMES
Oh, yes; that ramshackle place near the swamp, with the gipsy-looking people hanging about.
SUMMEREDITH WHARTON
This last as the party rounded a clump of trees and through the rain saw a low, ramshackle cabin ahead of them.
THE ADVENTURE GIRLS AT K BAR OCLAIR BLANK
In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.
THE SUNBRIDGE GIRLS AT SIX STAR RANCHELEANOR H. (ELEANOR HODGMAN) PORTER
This ramshackle thing we're setting up now couldn't even begin to turn out the ties alone.
THE WHITE DESERTCOURTNEY RYLEY COOPER
It was such a comical, ramshackle-looking affair, and everything about it seemed torn and ragged and uneven.
MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE, 1921CHARLES KENNETH HOWARD-BURY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO RAMSHACKLE

  • battered
  • broken-down
  • crumbling
  • decaying
  • decrepit
  • deteriorated
  • dilapidated
  • falling apart
  • falling down
  • in disrepair
  • overused
  • ramshackle
  • run down
  • the worse for wear
  • used
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