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Humpty Dumpty definition

Humpty Dumpty (hump′tē dump′tē)

a short, squat character in an old nursery rhyme, a personification of an egg, who fell from a wall and broke into pieces

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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