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ramshackle

[ram-shak-uhl] / ˈræmˌʃæk əl /


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Regardless of the genre in the mix at any given moment, “Somewhere Good” is consistently playful and exploratory, a ramshackle record where everything seems to land in the right place.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

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

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

A cardboard box found in a collector's "ramshackle" collection of vintage films contained two episodes of Doctor Who that have not been viewed since airing in the 1960s.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

She watched them knock on the ramshackle door of the cabin, saw the door open, saw Old Ben standing in the doorway.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry




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