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ramshackle
ram·shack·le [ rám shàk'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
badly built or rundown: poorly maintained or constructed and seeming likely to fall apart or collapse
[Mid-19th century. Back-formation <ramshackled, alteration of obsolete ransackled<ransack]
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