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rickle

/ ˈrɪkəl /

noun

  1. an unsteady or shaky structure, esp a dilapidated building
  2. a loose or disorganized heap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rickle1

C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin
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Example Sentences

I believe this is a result of years of low interest rates and hoarding by the banks, its sort of at rickle down effect so to speak.

The episode “A Rickle in Time” riffs on this idea with uncertainty after uncertainty resulting in 64 parallel timelines and floating Schrödinger’s cats.

From Slate

Mary Rickle, a spokesperson for Netroots Nation, acknowledged that Netroots has struggled with race, but said it went to great lengths to incorporate the protesters.

From MSNBC

I hear nae stir in the howe," said the beadsman, "and see naething but that rickle o' a house standing on that eerie pinnacle, like a craw's nest on the tap o' a tree in a glen.

The Se�ora was a little woman—a mere "rickle of bones," in Jean's Scottish phrase, and hardly heavier than a stout six months' lamb.

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