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tumbledown

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tum·ble·down  (tmbl-doun)
adj.
Being in such bad repair as to seem in danger of collapsing; very dilapidated or rickety: a tumbledown shack.
tumbledown [ˈtʌmbəlˌdaʊn]
adj
falling to pieces; dilapidated; crumbling
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tumbledown
adjective dilapidated, ruined, crumbling, shaky, disintegrating, tottering, ramshackle, rickety, decrepit, falling to pieces bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages
firm, sound, solid, stable, substantial, sturdy, durable, well-kept
Translations
tumbledown [ˈtʌmbldaʊn] ADJ [building, shack] → ruinoso, desvencijado
tumbledown [ˈtʌmbəldaʊn] adj [house, cottage] → délabré(e)
tumble-dry [ˌtʌmbəlˈdraɪ] vt → faire sécher dans le sèche-linge
tumble dryer tumble drier n → sèche-linge m
tumbledown [ˈtʌmblˌdaʊn] adj → cadente, diroccato/a
tumbledown [ˈtʌmblˌdaʊn] adj → cadente, diroccato/a


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About a mile away, on the other side of this neck of woods, wherein Robin had been trapped, was a little tumbledown cottage.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
For all I know, this picture may still adorn the parlour of the tumbledown little house somewhere near the Quai de la Joliette, and I suppose it could now be sold for fifteen hundred pounds.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
The great buildings round the hollow yard were as dreary and tumbledown as ever, but over the old garden-wall the straggling rose-bushes were beginning to toss their summer weight, and the gray wood and old bricks of the house, on its higher level, had a look of sleepy age in the broad afternoon sunlight, that suited the quiescent time.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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