draggle-tailed
untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
Origin of draggle-tailed
1Words Nearby draggle-tailed
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use draggle-tailed in a sentence
The party was made up of a ferret-faced man with a red nose, a draggle-tailed woman, and a child in a crazy perambulator.
Huntingtower | John BuchanNo one knew of it save Bough Van Busch and the draggle-tailed woman.
The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary GravesIn the midst of it, the Crows noticed a Monkey sliding along, drenched and draggle-tailed, looking like a drowned Rat.
The Talking Thrush | William CrookePeople go by, so drenched and draggle-tailed that I have often wondered how they found the heart to undress.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition | Robert Louis StevensonThe Pink Moir Antique was torn into a draggle-tailed pink train.
My Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 2) | Wilkie Collins
British Dictionary definitions for draggletailed
/ (ˈdræɡəlˌteɪld) /
archaic (esp of a woman) bedraggled; besmirched
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse