ramshackle
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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
As immortalised in the song, Pierson's ramshackle hideout hosted some wild parties, before it perished in flames in 2004.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 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
Deployed at the request of Touadera to strengthen a ramshackle military, Wagner fighters have played a key role in ensuring stability in the strategically-located country.
From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025
Lining both sides of the street were ramshackle booths and huts constructed of any material that would keep out the weather—hides, sticks, mud.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing ramshackle
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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