draggle
[ drag-uhl ]
verb (used without object),drag·gled, drag·gling.
to trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
to follow slowly; straggle.
Origin of draggle
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How to use draggle in a sentence
The wet day draggles the tricolor, but the joy is unextinguishable.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
British Dictionary definitions for draggle
draggle
/ (ˈdræɡəl) /
verb
to make or become wet or dirty by trailing on the ground; bedraggle
(intr) to lag; dawdle
Origin of draggle
1C16: probably frequentative of drag
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