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View synonyms for tumbledown

tumbledown

/ ˈtʌmbəlˌdaʊn /

adjective

  1. falling to pieces; dilapidated; crumbling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

But Tumbledown is worth sticking with, though, and it blossoms in surprising ways.

All clear, Tom called, and there was a sudden rush of wet figures for the poor sanctuary of the tumbledown shack.

The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed to have been decorated with hieroglyphics.

In one corner a tumbledown bookstand, in the other the fantastic silhouette of a hideous violoncello case.

Rail fences, for the most part in a tumbledown condition, paralleled the dirt road here and there.

Bonner was standing near the tumbledown fireplace, placidly lighting a cigarette.

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