Humpty Dumpty

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noun

1. A short, rotund person.

2. Something or someone broken beyond repair.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œOwner Bubba McCutcheon ... a Humpty Dumpty figure who gives customers tapes of Christian music he records on a karaoke machine.” Susan Hogan-Albach; After the Ashes; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Mar 23, 1997. β€œMy AirPod was now a Humpty Dumpty in so many pieces I’d never be able to reassemble it again.” Geoffrey A.
Fowler; Everyone’s AirPods Will Die; The Washington Post; Oct 8, 2019.
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