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   streel

   /striːl/

   noun

   • 1. a disreputable, untidy person, especially a woman: "her daughter will not appear in St John's looking like a streel"

   verb

   • 1. wander aimlessly: "youngsters streeling through the house"
   • ▪ trail or drag (something): "children streeling bits of coloured cloth"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from Irish s(t)raoill(e) ‘untidy or awkward person’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. streelish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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