draggle-tailed
[ drag-uhl-teyld ]
adjective
untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
Origin of draggle-tailed
1First recorded in 1645–55; draggle-tail + -ed3
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How to use draggle-tailed in a sentence
To speak of the foul condition into which such draggletailed dresses must soon get is positively sickening.
British Dictionary definitions for draggletailed
draggletailed
/ (ˈdræɡəlˌteɪld) /
adjective
archaic (esp of a woman) bedraggled; besmirched
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