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Meanings of tumble-down in English

In deplorable condition.

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      Usage of tumble-down in English
      1
      At the base of the knolls he encountered a tumble-down stake-and-rider fence.
      Burning Daylight
      2
      And they live in that little tumble-down house in Mullen Lane, and-
      Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
      3
      General Grant's headquarters were in the second story of a tumble-down building.
      The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1
      4
      We choose two of the tumble-down vehicles and go after the ladies.
      Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
      5
      This tumble-down, six-roomed cottage was to be the saving of the family.
      They and I
      6
      Their guide rapped three times on a door of a tumble-down shack.
      A Daughter of the Dons: A Story of New Mexico Today
      7
      It was on a lil ol' house, a lil ol' tumble-down house.
      Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories
      8
      He had left a metropolis; he was coming back to a tumble-down village.
      Birthright: A Novel
      9
      For want of a shelter, I slept in deserted yards and tumble-down houses.
      Old Fritz and the New Era
      10
      Tawdry spangles and false jewels lay about on the tumble-down settees.
      Six Women
      11
      Thus had the tumble-down log-house been transformed into a tight and comfortable camp.
      The Lady of Big Shanty
      12
      Arden led the way to a tumble-down, two-storied building, and the trio entered.
      Under the Rebel's Reign
      13
      The landlord had long ago ceased to concern himself with his tumble-down property.
      Jacqueline of Golden River
      14
      Now the space from ruined shack to tumble-down shop was overgrown with weeds.
      The Return of Blue Pete
      15
      This is far too fine a trough for a tumble-down hut like ours.
      Old Peter's Russian Tales
      16
      Gajjar is a ramshackle, tumble-down place of about three hundred inhabitants.
      A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán