- ranshackled
- out of repair, applied to a building ; out of order and condition in general. Hampsh.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. Francis Grose. 1790.
ranshackled
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ramshackle — (adj.) 1809, back formation from ramshackled, earlier ranshackled (1670s), alteration of ransackled, pp. of ransackle (see RANSACK (Cf. ransack)). The word seems to have been regarded as Scottish. Reading over this note to an American gentleman,… … Etymology dictionary
