ramshackle

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The film is not about a tugboat operator, nor does it follow the life and times of the ramshackle group working at a service garage.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

I also inherited my beloved — at least by me — ramshackle family home that has not been lived in for more than 20 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The film crew built a ramshackle house on the 8,000-acre estate to represent a free clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Deployed at the request of Touadera to strengthen a ramshackle military, Wagner fighters have played a key role in ensuring stability in the strategically-located country.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

The two ramshackle rooms, built from zinc and porous bricks, like the ones on Fifteenth Avenue, overlooked the street, and were part of a row of similarly constructed tenements partitioned by narrow, dark, rat-infested alleyways.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane