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Humpty Dumpty

[huhmp-tee duhmp-tee]
noun
  1. an egg-shaped character in a Mother Goose nursery rhyme that fell off a wall and could not be put together again.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) something that has been damaged severely and usually irreparably.

Origin of Humpty Dumpty

rhyming compound based on humpty; see hump, -ed3, -y2
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British Dictionary definitions for humpty dumpty

humpty dumpty

noun mainly British
  1. a short fat person
  2. a person or thing that once overthrown or broken cannot be restored or mended

Word Origin for humpty dumpty

C18: after the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty
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humpty dumpty in Culture

“Humpty Dumpty”

A nursery rhyme:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
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