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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

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • P

     3

   • T

     1

   • Y

     4

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