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ramshackle

Syllabification: (ram·shack·le)
Pronunciation: /ˈramˌSHakəl/
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Definition of ramshackle

adjective

  • (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair:a ramshackle cottage

Origin:

early 19th century (originally dialect in the sense 'irregular, disorderly'): alteration of earlier ramshackled, altered form of obsolete ransackled 'ransacked'

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