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   Ram·shack·le

   /ˈramˌSHak(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair: "a ramshackle cottage"

   Word Origin early 19th century (originally dialect in the sense ‘irregular, disorderly’): alteration of earlier ramshackled, altered form of obsolete ransackled ‘ransacked’.

   Scrabble Points: 21

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   • A

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