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   draggle-tailed

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   • 1. having untidily trailing skirts: archaic "a draggle-tailed wench"

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   Definition. Entries Near. Show more. Save Word. draggletailed. adjective. : untidy, sluttish, slatternly. draggletailedness. ¦⸗⸗¦tālə̇dnə̇s. -l (d)n- noun. plural -es. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

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   DRAGGLE-TAILED definition: untidy ; bedraggled ; slovenly | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

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   Draggle-tailed definition: untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.. See examples of DRAGGLE-TAILED used in a sentence.

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   Jun 7, 2024 · draggle-tailed (comparative more draggle-tailed, superlative most draggle-tailed) (of a person or other animal, or of clothing) Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.

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   From draggle (“to make wet and muddy by dragging along the ground”) +‎ tail. Implying that such a person's gown trailed in the mire or along the ground.

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   draggle-tail (plural draggle-tails) 1. (chiefly archaic) A slut or slattern; a slovenly woman. 1.1. Synonym: drabble-tail 1.1. 1604, Robert Dallington, The View of Fraunce‎, London: Symon Stafford: 1.1.1. For yee shall not onely see the Damoiselles (Gentlewomen) and them of the better sort, but euery poore Chapperonnieze (draggletayle) euen to the ...

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   draggle-tail 1. Dirty, untidy, ragtag. 1.1. 1903, W. G. Collingwood, “The Fésole Club Papers: Chapter X: Infinity”, in The Parents' Review, volume 14, number 10, page 781: 1.1.1. You notice that across the lawn the coppice looks not so wind-beaten and draggletailas it did a while ago. 1.2. 1982, Joseph Sherman, “The little black ant and the little ...

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   “draggle-tail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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   How to use . draggle-tailed in a sentenceThe party was made up of a ferret-faced man with a red nose, a draggle-tailed woman, and a child in a crazy perambulator.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDRAGGLETAILED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Archaic (esp of a woman) bedraggled; besmirched.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.