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tumble-down

[ tuhm-buhl-doun ]

adjective

  1. dilapidated; ruined; rundown:

    He lived in a tumble-down shack.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tumble-down1

First recorded in 1810–20
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The actual Los Angeles was a fly-ridden settlement of tumble-down adobes, packs of feral dogs and one of the nation’s highest murder rates.

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Some peddled their pills near tumble-down storefronts and on blighted street corners in addiction-plagued parts of Allegheny County, where deaths by drug overdose reached record levels last year.

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Off a dirt road, in a small village north of Tirana, there's a half-built, tumble-down, brick house.

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The city's High Street was a dirt road then, with tumble-down thatched cottages on one side and hoardings on the other.

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Their father “was very drunk. He could hardly walk up the rickety steps of the old tumble-down house, and his thirteen-year-old son had to help him.â€

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