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Definition of "tumble-down" [tum•ble-down]

  • Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "tumble-down" in a sentence
  • "At the base of the knolls he encountered a tumble-down stake-and-rider fence."
  • "She hears laughter from children who chase monarchs across the milkweed pasture beyond the tumble-down fence."
  • "Millions of slovenly tenants in tumble-down council houses became proud home-owners."
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