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HUMPTY-DUMPTY

\hˈʌmptidˈʌmpti], \hˈʌmptidˈʌmpti], \h_ˈʌ_m_p_t_i_d_ˈʌ_m_p_t_i]\

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Short dumpy person; (from nursery rhyme in which H. is taken to mean an egg) person, thing, that once thrown down cannot be restored.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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