tumbledown
tumbledown
Definition
tumble·down (-do̵un′)
adjective
ready to tumble down; dilapidated
tumbledown
Synonyms
tumbledown
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- cottage: He dwelt in a humble tumbledown cottage in Bovey Tracey, to be exact in Church Street.
- house: A little orphan girl lives with her cruel aunt in a rambling, tumbledown house.
- building: Often a noise has come from the side of some tumbledown building.
- barn: In fact, it looked a bit like a crumbling, tumbledown barn.
- wall: The original field divisions can still be seen in many places as tumbledown walls of broken limestone.
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