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   rumpty

   /ˈrʌm(p)ti/

   adjective

   • 1. in poor repair: informal Australian, New Zealand "we did the trek in a rumpty rental Toyota hatchback"

   Word Origin 1940s: perhaps an ironic extension of an earlier sense ‘excellent’, from the regional English noun rumty-tummer ‘unusually large vegetable or fruit’, ‘favourite object or pastime’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   Rumpty definition: (New Zealand) Having a quality below <a>standard</a>; in a state of <a>disrepair</a>.

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   About. rumpty adj. also rumptyhummer, rumptytummer. [the rum-ti-tum sound of a celebratory drumbeat] 1. ( Aus.) someone or something excellent, outstanding, also as adj. 1894. 1900 1950 2000. 2003. 2. ( Aus.) a verbose (if insincere) talker, a braggart. 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911. 1912. 3.

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   What does Rumpty‎ mean? see also rumpty. Rumpty ( English) Noun. Rumpty ( pl. Rumpties) ( historical, informal) A Farman airplane. 2007, Jack S. Ballard, War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley, page 23.