rickety

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He writes, for example, that the guitarist James Blood Ulmer plays “shrill, disjointed fragments, nervous bits and rickety pieces tied together by a staggered but wryly swinging thematic sensibility.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

And it’s a much more rickety machine than it first appeared.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025

Diners enjoying the sunset at a beach-side restaurant - and the piles of rubbish along the rickety stairs to get there.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Warning of the dangers of travelling on the rickety wooden boats, she appealed to parents not to allow their children to make the crossing alone.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

Fannie found miners’ families in rickety houses with no running water.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell