Usage of "tumble-down"

In deplorable condition.

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Ús de tumble-down en anglès

At the base of the knolls he encountered a tumble-down stake-and-rider fence. 
 Burning Daylight 

And they live in that little tumble-down house in Mullen Lane, and- 
 Janice Day, the Young Homemaker 

General Grant's headquarters were in the second story of a tumble-down building. 
 The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 

We choose two of the tumble-down vehicles and go after the ladies. 
 Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ... 

This tumble-down, six-roomed cottage was to be the saving of the family. 
 They and I 

Their guide rapped three times on a door of a tumble-down shack. 
 A Daughter of the Dons: A Story of New Mexico Today 

It was on a lil ol' house, a lil ol' tumble-down house. 
 Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories 

He had left a metropolis; he was coming back to a tumble-down village. 
 Birthright: A Novel 

For want of a shelter, I slept in deserted yards and tumble-down houses. 
 Old Fritz and the New Era 

Tawdry spangles and false jewels lay about on the tumble-down settees. 
 Six Women 

Thus had the tumble-down log-house been transformed into a tight and comfortable camp. 
 The Lady of Big Shanty 

Arden led the way to a tumble-down, two-storied building, and the trio entered. 
 Under the Rebel's Reign 

The landlord had long ago ceased to concern himself with his tumble-down property. 
 Jacqueline of Golden River 

Now the space from ruined shack to tumble-down shop was overgrown with weeds. 
 The Return of Blue Pete 

This is far too fine a trough for a tumble-down hut like ours. 
 Old Peter's Russian Tales 

Gajjar is a ramshackle, tumble-down place of about three hundred inhabitants. 
 A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán 

Significats de tumble-down en anglès