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- adjective Variant of
dumpy
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Examples
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As for beverage, they drank humpty-dumpty, which is ale boiled with brandy, and which is not one of the slightest charms of a gipsy's life.
Venetia Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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"All the king's men and all the king's money won't be able to put this humpty dumpty together again," said Romney spokesman Stuart Stevens.
Obama's 2nd-Quarter Campaign Funding Tops Rivals Brody Mullins 2011
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I have mastered the art, of sitting on edges like a humpty dumpty and I see you now teetering …
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I would say, China will be like a fragile humpty dumpty sitting in the middle of fence and fall into preys of modern colonisation/capitalism.
Global Voices in English » China: The Founding of a Republic 2009
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I think it is totally unfair to accuse humpty dumpty!
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Putting humpty dumpty back together was like trying to stitch up hamburger.
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If it takes your in-laws, pastor and the secret Republican club in DC to put humpty-dumpty back together again ....
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For the stimulus sceptics really do think they can put humpty dumpty together again, and that “aggregate demand”, as Cowen puts it, is a less “fundamental” problem than the financial service sector collapse.
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They must not be able to put humpty dumpty back together again.
Financial Crisis Commission Testimony: READ The Latest Updates (VIDEO) 2010
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They must not be able to put humpty dumpty back together again.
Financial Crisis Commission Testimony: READ The Latest Updates (VIDEO) 2010
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