Definition of rickety
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Riding along, and up and down, rickety roads, his body will rattle as if riding on a pneumatic drill.
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More on Freep.com: That rickety but promising set — the White Stripes’ first public performance — is being released for streaming and download on this 20th anniversary day.
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Judging from the first episode, the investigation is to be a rickety one, with lots of conjecture and not a lot of hard evidence.
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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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First Known Use of rickety
1673
RICKETY Defined for English Language Learners
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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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