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Meanings of rickety in anglès

Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.

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Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect.

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Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets.

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Usage of rickety in anglès
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It has the potential to completely undermine an already rickety democratic process.
The Guardian
2
A Florida cracker family, in a rickety wagon, stopped to help them.
The new yorker
3
And the rickety gig rattled merrily off in search of broken bones.
Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories
4
He has great arguments but built the most rickety of bully pulpits.
The Guardian
5
The room at the foot of the rickety, patched stairs was empty.
Nibsy's Christmas
6
There they found the small rickety gate Cat had come in by.
The Pinhoe Egg
7
The night was impenetrably dark and the chaise more than ordinarily rickety.
Castles in the Air
8
He was surprised a high wind hadn't already toppled the rickety structure.
Silent killer
9
The three also allegedly took payments for packing migrants onto rickety boats.
Reuters
10
I flatten the sheet against the table and read the rickety letters.
Mockingjay
11
Many tunnels and rickety ladders later, he was within the stonewalled catacombs.
Dancer’s Lament
12
Three wooden stairs lead to a small porch covered with rickety chairs.
I am number four
13
Two rickety chairs went with the rickety table, one on each side.
The city of ember: book 1
14
Then she went down the rickety stairs, out to the waiting cab.
Bambi
15
I now had one rickety table between me and a premature funeral.
Shadows in Bronze
16
Catherine held a rickety rail and climbed slowly to the next floor.
The Darkening Sea
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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