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tumble-down - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'tumble-down' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tumble-down [ a.]
- Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.

Meaning of 'tumble-down' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tumble-down [ s]
Meaning (1):
- in deplorable condition
Example in sentence:
  • a broken-down fence;
  • a ramshackle old pier;
  • a street of bedraggled tenements;
  • a tumble-down shack

Nearby Words:

tum-tum tumble tumblebug tumbled tumbledung tumbler tumblerful tumblerfuls tumbleweed tumbling

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