I sat high up in rickety old Woollen Gym, where I was treated to a debut in triplicate: Dean Smith coached his first college game; my classmate Billy Cunningham made his initial appearance on the freshman team; and a sophomore named Bryan McSweeney started for the varsity. (si.com)
Picture a 16 × 20 slab of lumpy bumpy concrete and throw a set of rickety stairs on top. (livethehomelife.com)
For the chance to set out on rickety boats overflowing with passengers, some of the refugees and migrants we met on Lampedusa told us they paid smugglers handsomely — some more than $ 1,500 a person. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)