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ramshackle

[ram-shak-uhl] / ˈræmˌʃæk əl /


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For the last three years, she and her six children have been living with other internally displaced people at a ramshackle old feed processing plant in the capital, Yaoundé.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

I also inherited my beloved — at least by me — ramshackle family home that has not been lived in for more than 20 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The film crew built a ramshackle house on the 8,000-acre estate to represent a free clinic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Finally Baelish drew rein in front of a ramshackle building, three stories, timbered, its windows bright with lamplight in the gathering dusk.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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