Usually means: Dilapidated and falling into disrepair.
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  1. tumbledown: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tumbledown: Merriam-Webster
  3. tumbledown: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tumbledown: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tumbledown: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Tumbledown, tumbledown: Wordnik
  7. tumbledown: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. tumbledown: Wiktionary
  9. tumbledown: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tumbledown: Dictionary.com
  11. tumbledown: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Tumbledown (band), Tumbledown: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. tumbledown: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  in disrepair; poorly maintained

Similar:
dilapidated, rattish, debilitated, tattered, run-down, tatty, scrabbly, beat-up, ransackled, deteriorated, more...

Opposite:
pristine, immaculate, well-maintained, polished, flawless

Types:
ramshackle, dilapidated, rundown, crumbling, decaying, more...

Phrases:
tumbledown dick, Battle of Mount Tumbledown, more...

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Similar:
dilapidated, rattish, debilitated, tattered, run-down, tatty, scrabbly, beat-up, ransackled, deteriorated, more...

Opposite:
pristine, immaculate, well-maintained, polished, flawless

Types:
ramshackle, dilapidated, rundown, crumbling, decaying, more...

Phrases:
tumbledown dick, Battle of Mount Tumbledown, more...



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