Mona Simpson

In my 30s, I wrote in the back house of a ramshackle Spanish Revival we rented across from the ocean in the Santa Monica Canyon. I wrote thousands of pages there, but in order to see another adult human being, I had to steal out through the brambly side of the house, along the driveway down to the street.

American Author

Shelby Steele

My father bought three ramshackle houses, rebuilt them, rented them out, kept clawing his way up the ladder. A man with a third grade education from the south.

Linda Colley

In 21st-century America, as in Georgian Britain, elections are raucous, flamboyant, flag-waving, expensive, and sometimes ramshackle things.

British Historian

Jeff Giles

In its more listless moments, 'Pharaoh's Army' seems a ramshackle collection of memories not overly concerned with telling a larger story.

American Editor

In a funny sort of way, the ramshackle bunch known as the Happy Mondays were a lifesaver for me.

English Dancer

Sue Perkins

I don't look great. I'm a bit ramshackle.

English Comedian

Used to describe objects or structures, indicating they are rundown and on the verge of collapse.

Physical Condition

Evokes a visual image of neglect, age, and potential danger due to instability.

Visual Implication

Often used in casual conversation rather than formal writing or presentations.

Informal Speech

 In their ramshackle hut on the edge of the woods, a husband and wife were in despair. The woman had just given birth to their thirteenth child, and the growing family was quickly running out of food and money. The father walked into the woods to ponder their problem. After hours spent wandering through the trees,

Ramshackle