tumble down
bəlˌdaʊn adjective
dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
Origin:
1810–20
1810–20
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| tumble-down | |
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| in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled] |
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Tumble down
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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