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tumbledown
adjective tum·ble·down \ˈtəm-bəl-ˈdau̇n\
of a building : in bad condition : ready to fall down
Full Definition of TUMBLEDOWN
: dilapidated, ramshackle <a tumbledown house at the edge of town — Sherwood Anderson>
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First Known Use of TUMBLEDOWN
1818
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- beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, threadbare, timeworn, shabby
Rhymes with TUMBLEDOWN
Allentown, broken-down, Charlottetown, Chinatown, common noun, dressing-down, dressing gown, eiderdown, Germantown, go to town, hand-me-down, Oxford down, proper noun, reach-me-down, shantytown, simmer down, Spanish Town, thistledown, Tinseltown, trickle-down, Triple Crown, up and down, up-and-down, upside down, Vandyke brown, verbal noun, water down, watered-down
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tumbledown
adjective tum·ble·down \ˈtəm-bəl-ˌdau̇n\
Definition of TUMBLEDOWN for Kids
: dilapidated <a tumbledown old house>
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