Old and Rickety

Old

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

Rickety and old are semantically related. in tumbledown topic. In some cases you can use "Rickety" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Rickety

Rickety adjective - Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect.
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Synonyms for Rickety

Old and rickety are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Rickety".

Both words in one sentence

  • Rope Bridge Although old and rickety it's perfectly functional.
    Source: Rope Bridge
  • Aside from being Darker and Edgier, Mass Effect 2 gave us a dose of this trope with the Afterlife nightclub on Omega, an old and rickety space station that's practically the capital of the galactic underworld.
  • Video Game / Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Easter Egg Shazza's old, rickety Jeep from Ty 1 has cameos in TY 2 and TY 3 as an old hunk of scrap metal.
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