TUMBLE-DOWN
ADJECTIVES
► ADDLE tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RACKLEDOWN tumble-down, neglected → 19C Eng. dial.
► RAMSHACKLE loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses → 1830
► RAMSHACKLED dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown → 1675
► RAMSHACKLING rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated → 1868
► RAMSHACKLY rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair → 1857
► 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.
NOUNS
► RAMSHACKLE something rickety or tumbledown → 1865
► WAPPEN-HAPPEN a tumbledown, slum shed or shanty made of old tins, bits of wood, discarded packaging and similar found objects → 1930s W. Indies
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