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ramshackle

adj.
US //ˈɹæmˌʃækəɫ// UK //ɹˈæmʃækəl// ram·shackle Archaic
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First attested in 1830, a back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).

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