Humpty Dumpty

The definition of Humpty Dumpty is an egg-like character from an old nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and broke into pieces.

(noun)

An example of Humpty Dumpty is the figure who could not be put back together by "all the king's horses and all the king's men."

See Humpty Dumpty in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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