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tottering

adjective

Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age

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Word length
9
Starts with
T
Ends with
G
Contains
OT
Scrabble score
10

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adjective

  1. Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age

    “A tottering skeleton of a horse”

adjective

  1. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse

    “A tottering empire”

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A tottering skeleton of a horse
A tottery old man
A tottering empire

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