shackly

adj — 2 senses

shackly

adj

Etymology Probably from dialectal shackle (“to shake, rattle”) + -y.

1

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.1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, page 228:

2

Dialectal Loose-jointed, shambling.

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