- Hump|ty-Dump|ty
- Hump|ty-Dump|ty «HUHMP tee DUHMP tee», noun.1. an egg-shaped figure in an old nursery rhyme that falls down and breaks.2. Figurative. anything that is shattered beyond repair.
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