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shamble

1

[ sham-buhl ]

noun

  1. shambles, (used with a singular or plural verb)
    1. a slaughterhouse.
    2. any place of carnage.
    3. any scene of destruction:

      to turn cities into shambles.

    4. any scene, place, or thing in disorder:

      Her desk is a shambles.

  2. British Dialect. a butcher's shop or stall.


shamble

2

[ sham-buhl ]

verb (used without object)

shambled, shambling.
  1. to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.

noun

  1. a shambling gait.

shamble

/ ˈʃæ³¾²úÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. intr to walk or move along in an awkward or unsteady way
“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

noun

  1. an awkward or unsteady walk
“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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Derived Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of shamble1

before 900; Middle English shamel, Old English sc ( e ) amel stool, table < Late Latin scamellum, Latin scamillum, diminutive of Latin scamnum bench; compare German Schemel

Origin of shamble2

1675–85; perhaps short for shamble-legs one that walks wide (i.e., as if straddling), reminiscent of the legs of a shamble 1 (in earlier sense “butcher's tableâ€)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of shamble1

C17: from shamble (adj) ungainly, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs legs resembling those of a meat vendor's table; see shambles
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No laughing matter at the time, Coleman has since raised a smile at the events of Skopje that started with shambles but eventually led to a sense of where Wales were going under his charge.

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"I've gotten so many calls from people just completely in shambles after watching the last episode and how meaningful it was to them to watch," Mo says.

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Since the turn of the year it has been a shambles: the women thrashed all over Australia, the men one win from 10 in McCullum's new white-ball era.

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Drake responded on Instagram by asking whoever had his "hidden daughter" to hand her back, adding that Lamar's claims were a "shambles".

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Healthcare was in shambles: hospitals were scarce and many public health clinics were defunct.

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