rickety

a rickety banking system.

a rickety old building

we went carefully up the rickety stairs.

He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.

The car proceeded over the rickety bridge with caution.

The rickety chair fell apart. He fell apart after years as a POW.

Though the bridge is a bit rickety, there is no immediate danger in walking over it.

The Shrinking of ChinaFor decades, rail travel in China meant an arduous overnighter in a crowded East German–designed train, riding along a rickety old track.

They're set afloat on often rickety or overloaded boats.

Every month or so another rickety overcrowded boat sinks and many lives are lost.

Both the chandelier and the candelabra on a rickety table nearby were shaped like serpents.

And there were babies with thin rickety legs and mothers who could not nurse them.

They're rickety and they've got lots of vibrations and they've got high g-turns.

He watched his mother walk forward on trembling legs and sit down upon the rickety stool.

He dropped these on the rickety table and scurried from their presence, slamming the book-covered door behind him.

In the past year, thousands of migrants have tried to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in rickety boats.

Planes, trains, cars, all relatively comfortable, but if you got no money, a rickety motorbike will have to do.

" It might be a little rickety, " said Rabbit.