rumpty
/ˈrʌm(p)ti
/adjective chiefly Australian /NZ informal
In poor repair: we did the trek in a rumpty rental Toyota hatchback...
- Using KiwiSaver to get in the door of your first home doesn't mean being limited to a rumpty old do-up.
- Yellowing paper files line the carport, more inhabit boxes on the floor, documents fill his rumpty office out back.
- There are breathtaking shots of well-known landmarks like the Moeraki Boulders but there are also ones of rumpty shops, rusting cars and roadworks.
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'.