˜yÐÄvlog

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draggle

[ drag-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

draggled, draggling.
  1. to soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.


verb (used without object)

draggled, draggling.
  1. to trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
  2. to follow slowly; straggle.

draggle

/ ˈ»å°ùæɡə±ô /

verb

  1. to make or become wet or dirty by trailing on the ground; bedraggle
  2. intr to lag; dawdle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of draggle1

First recorded in 1490–1500; drag + -le
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of draggle1

C16: probably frequentative of drag
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The hair hung down, limp and draggled, or matted with dried blood where Hal’s club had bruised him.

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“We had to grow,†Alexandra hissed as she propped herself against the terminal, her dark hair a curtain draggling before her as she hung her head.

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White flowers whirled like snow and her draggled hair streamed back from her face as she squinted against the draft.

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Slowly the sky above grew lighter, and then suddenly the clouds broke, and their draggled fringes trailed away northward up the River.

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He could scarcely believe the sight before him—Rome’s beautiful princess, her hair dirty, tangled, and uncombed, her clothes draggled and torn, her face thin and wild.

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