humpty-dumpty

noun, often capitalized H&D

hump·ty-dump·ty | \ ¦həm(p)tē¦dəm(p)tē, -ti...ti\

plural -es

Definition of humpty-dumpty

: something that once damaged can never be repaired or made operative again the exchange crisis … that brought the Humpty-Dumpty of currency stabilization tumbling — Atlantic people fled into their suddenly Humpty-Dumpty world— Robert O'Brien

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