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rickety

[rik-i-tee] / ˈrɪk ɪ ti /


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It screams as arms bearing the Japanese and US flags shove it onto a rickety karaoke stage set up in a boat.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

I’m not one for vehicular envy, but while traveling a few weeks back, I couldn’t help but admire another man’s rickety Nissan Altima.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

I came across it late in the making of the documentary, but I have footage from 1996 at Mardi Gras in Sydney, this rickety footage.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

“And it has to be wood. Avoid rickety metal ones that fall over. Noisy!”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

The folding chair was rickety, but Owen managed to get his head and his good arm up through the hole.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The evening’s ricketier segments involved Ms. LuPone and Mr. Patinkin’s headlong dive into the emotional thickets of two classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals: “South Pacific” and “Carousel.”

From New York Times Nov. 22, 2011

Well, a big ship, an uncommonly bad sort of railway car, and the ricketiest little buggy that ever a man trusted his life to.

From Dr. Wortle's School by Anthony Trollope




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