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humpty

/ ˈʌɪ /

noun

  1. a low padded seat; pouffe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of humpty1

C20: from humpty hunchbacked, perhaps influenced by Humpty Dumpty (nursery rhyme)
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Example Sentences

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“It’s going to be extremely expensive to put Humpty Dumpty back together again once they wreck it.”

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Donald Trump is broken and no one can put Humpty Trumpty back together again.

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A house on the site said to be the inspiration for the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme has been put up for sale.

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Humpty Dumpty is often depicted as an anthropomorphic egg that falls off a wall and breaks, with all the King's horses and men being unable to put him together again.

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Back in 1842, the now defunct Punch magazine alluded to Humpty Dumpty being based on Wolsey, who was once Henry VIII's chief adviser before being suspected of treason.

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