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   straggle

   /ˈstraɡl/

   verb

   • 1. (of an irregular group of people) move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front: "the children straggled behind them" Similar traillagdawdleamblewanderwalk slowlymeanderdriftfall behindbring up the rearbe strung out
   • ▪ grow, spread, or be laid out in an irregular, untidy way: "her hair was straggling over her eyes" Similar grow untidilybe messybe dishevelledbe unkemptspread irregularlysprawlbe scatteredbe dispersed

   noun

   • 1. an untidy or irregularly arranged mass or group: "a straggle of cottages"

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps from dialect strake ‘go’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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