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Definition of rickety
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Recent Examples of rickety from the Web
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And infants are frequently falling from their rickety nests to their deaths, where some have rotted.
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Many successful comedies have been built on more rickety foundations than that.
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The alley system allowed plenty of room for solid staircases in the back of the buildings instead of rickety metal structures in the front, as in New York.
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Only a few of the town's smaller businesses remain, including the rickety trailer where Francis sells hot links po' boys.
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So is ramming your opponents with a rickety golf cart.)
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Bowling balls dangle from a rickety rod, metal fold-out chairs sit atop a battered cart with flat tires, a roller coaster-like structure is made of 65 aluminum lunch trays, and 1960s TV sets and rusty kitchen appliances are strewn in a heap.
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The idea behind Colon/Dickey was to let the old guys prop up a rickety team for the entertainment of SunTrust audiences.
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Andrew, clad in loose white garb, opens the door on a dim foyer littered with a broken bucket and other garbage and ushers us up a dingy, rickety staircase.
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First Known Use of rickety
1673
RICKETY Defined for English Language Learners
rickety
playDefinition of rickety for English Language Learners
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: not strong or stable and likely to break
RICKETY Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of rickety for Students
: in poor condition and likely to break Just below them, hugging the shore, rose a village of thatched huts, with a small, rickety pier, boats on the sand, and nets spread for mending. — Lloyd Alexander, Time Cat
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