Meaning of RAMSHACKLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ram`shakul
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[adj] in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" |
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RAMSHACKLE is a 10 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | bedraggled, broken-down, damaged, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, unsound |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ram"shac*kle\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his
ramshackle coach. --Thackeray.
\Ram"shac*kle\, v. t.
To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.]
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