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ramshackle

[ram-shak-uhl] / ˈræmˌʃæk əl /


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Ramshackle piers with tall grass growing alongside them.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 2, 2018

Ramshackle huts are made of leaves and branches.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2012

Ramshackle it may have been but it represented the lifeblood of the game in the region.

From The Guardian • May 18, 2012

Ramshackle and fiercely ambitious at once, “Rock & Roll” fulfills its own dare: this must have been the song Jenny heard on the radio.

From Time • Oct. 24, 2011

Ramshackle tenements with sharp gable roofs lined either side of the way.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph




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