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Definition of rumpty in English: rumptyadjective ˈrʌm(p)ti Australian, NZ informal In poor repair. we did the trek in a rumpty rental Toyota hatchback Example sentencesExamples - I had to accept I was nothing much, just a strange, other-worldly rumpty reject, but I was here nonetheless.
- Using KiwiSaver to get in the door of your first home doesn't mean being limited to a rumpty old do-up.
- Holiday Homes range from smart new to rumpty but authentic ex-hydro-worker's house.
- This month, I want to find the rumptiest, tiredest, most out of date house in all of Auckland!
- There is history and nostalgia within its pages, with old black-and-white photos of our suburbs in the 1920s and shots of rumpty and brightly painted bungalows.
- There's clearly something about his rumpty, unconventional charm that allows him somehow to mix with all manner of people.
- We took the main freeway south and then cut out to the coast at Paso Doble, which, despite the rumpty gas station, is still a vast improvement on the Dancing With the Stars number of the same name.
- There are breathtaking shots of well-known landmarks like the Moeraki Boulders but there are also ones of rumpty shops, rusting cars and roadworks.
- Yellowing paper files line the carport, more inhabit boxes on the floor, documents fill his rumpty office out back.
- It was a pretty rumpty wicket.
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'. |