shackly
(UK, US, colloquial, dated) Shaky, rickety, ramshackle.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, US, colloquial, dated) Shaky, rickety, ramshackle.
when I got to that old shackly brick store by the Temperance Tavern, I backed up agin the wall to have another think.
Origin: Probably from dialectal. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(dialectal) Loose-jointed, shambling.
when I got to that old shackly brick store by the Temperance Tavern, I backed up agin the wall to have another think.
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