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draggle-tailed
[ drag-uhl-teyld ]
adjective
- untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of draggle-tailed1
Example Sentences
They were all dirty and in plain shorts or draggle-tailed knickers or old everyday dresses.
“Oh, one got rusty and the other draggle-tailed, I suppose,†he said.
A shamefaced, miserable, draggle-tailed crew they looked, as, one after the other, under the policeman's cold official glance, they took their boxes out into the street.
The next figure is that of a draggle-tailed bawler of dying speeches, horrid murders, elegies, &c.
A tired, working woman, draggle-tailed, Came in, harsh-featured in the yellow glare Of electricity; an urchin trailed Clumsily after her, with towsled hair, And sharp, pale features, and a vacant stare, And in her arms she bore another child.
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