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ramshackle

[ram-shak-uhl] / ˈræmˌʃæk əl /


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Carpenter plucks Cricket from arts college and its meaningless pontificating to his “atelier in the corn,” a ramshackle Victorian where Cricket learns how to transmute what he sees with color and light.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Among the region’s architectural highlights are the ramshackle row houses of the ancient Penedo village and the precarious seaside village of Azenhas do Mar with its white cottages clinging to coastal cliffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

Many of the newer immigrants from eastern European countries like Poland and Lithuania were relegated to the ramshackle houses just west of the Union Stock Yard in the neighborhood aptly called Back of the Yards.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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