humpty
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of humpty
C20: from humpty hunchbacked, perhaps influenced by Humpty Dumpty (nursery rhyme)
Example Sentences
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One critic of Green Bay CC has seized upon all its humpty dumpty mounds that surround several greens, but to me, they're simply smaller imitations of the broader kettle moraine topography found on that site.
From Golf Digest • Jan. 9, 2018
This would be less dramatic, less shattering for the Conservatives - but the big question, as a former cabinet minister put it, would be "how to put humpty back together again?"
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2016
Buttler and Moeen should just give it some humpty against the second new ball; if it comes off, they bring a time/runs equation into play.
From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2015
But, as Boehner also said on Fox on Sunday, it is “hard to put humpty dumpty back together again.”
From Time • Jul. 26, 2011
A little humpty dumpty man or woman; a short clumsy person of either sex: also ale boiled with brandy.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
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