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shambles

Pronunciation: /ˈʃamb(ə)lz/

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Definition of shambles

noun

[treated as singular]
  • 1 informal a state of total disorder:my career was in a shambles
  • 2a butcher’s slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names): the shambles where the animals were slaughtered

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