RAMSHACKLE
ADJECTIVES
► CRAZY askew, out of line; ramshackle → 1899 Amer. dial.
► RATTLE-BAG ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out → 1885 Eng. dial.
► RATTLE-BONE ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out → 19C Eng. dial.
► RATTLE-DOWN ramshackle, tumbledown, worn out → 19C Eng. dial.
► RATTLE-TRAP dilapidated, worn-out, ramshackle → 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition → 1856 US sl.
► SHACKELTY ► SHACKLEDY ► SHACKLETY dilapidated, run-down, ramshackle, rickety, shaky → 1905 Amer. dial.
► SHACKLEY ► SHACKLY ramshackle, rickety, run-down, tottering → 1843 Amer. dial.
► SHACKLING ramshackle, rickety, run-down → c1784 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► PATCH a small town or neighourhood of ramshackle houses, esp. one associated with a mine; a shantytown; also used with ‘the’ → 1877 Amer. dial.