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What (who) is tumbledown - definition

1988 TELEVISION FILM DIRECTED BY RICHARD EYRE
  • Penguin Scriptbook (1988 reprint)

tumbledown         
¦ adjective falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated.
tumbledown         
A tumbledown building is in such a bad condition that it is partly falling down or has holes in it.
= ramshackle
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Tumbledown Cliffs         
Tumbledown Cliffs () is a conspicuous rock cliffs on the west coast of James Ross Island, about 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Cape Obelisk. Probably first seen by Dr.

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Tumbledown

Tumbledown is a 1988 BBC Television drama film set during the Falklands War. Directed by Richard Eyre, it stars Colin Firth, Paul Rhys, and David Calder.

Examples of use of tumbledown
1. The crowd swelled as Mustafa led the way through a narrow maze of tumbledown brick compounds.
2. Some houses are all but tumbledown; others are neat, square, and unpretentious.
3. We tramp around five eerie, tumbledown shacks, arriving back at the square to cackles of laughter.
4. Many neighborhoods are scarred with tumbledown bungalows and weed–choked lots.
5. Then a burst of fire from an AK47 erupted from a tumbledown compound close to another patrol.