Associations to the word «Tumble-down»

Dictionary definition

TUMBLE-DOWN, adjective. In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack".

Wise words

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