draggle-tailed
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draggle-tailed
- /ˈdɹæɡl̩ˌteɪld/
Where it comes from
Taken from draggle (“net drawn along the bottom of the water for fishing”), this was originally applied to women whose dresses dragged along the ground behind them.
adjective more draggle-tailed · most draggle-tailed · draggled-tailed · draggletailed
- Slatternly, untidy, unkempt. And yet by the way, as one sometime demanded of one of his complices, How it came to pass, that they, who take upon them by the Stars, to tel everie draggle-tail’d Girl that comes to them to enquire after a Silver Spoon lost, what was become of it, and which way it was gone; yet could not by their s
Talk about this word "draggle-tailed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/draggle-tailed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. draggle-tailed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/draggle-tailed "draggle-tailed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/draggle-tailed.Cite this
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title = {draggle-tailed},
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