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English
Adjective
ricketty (comparative rickettier or more ricketty, superlative rickettiest or most ricketty)
- Alternative spelling of rickety
1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 19, August 6, 1870:Below appears a ricketty old step-ladder leading into darkness.
1838, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 2 of 4:Some had a couple of stunted donkeys yoked to a ricketty cart,--others had mules with pack-saddles--but the many loaded their own heads, instead of the donkeys and mules.