rickety
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of a structure, piece of furniture, etc) likely to collapse or break; shaky
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feeble with age or illness; infirm
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relating to, resembling, or afflicted with rickets
Other Word Forms
- ricketiness noun
Etymology
Origin of rickety
Example Sentences
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There were sturdy wooden boxes near the tent; there was a small rickety table and a chair; there was a lamp.
From Literature
Rupert was a rickety old man, barely able to walk; yet he still worked with a pickax in the mines.
From Literature
But after this defeat, the fighter who once drove around Leeds in his rickety car trying to sell tickets can leave knowing he gave the sport everything he had.
From BBC
Two searches was all it took for Mom’s rickety tower of lies to come tumbling down.
From Literature
Instead, it seemed to go to the bills piling up on the rickety table at the door entrance.
From Literature
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