draggle-tailed

[ drag-uhl-teyld ]

adjective
  1. untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.

Origin of draggle-tailed

1
First recorded in 1645–55; draggle-tail + -ed3

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British Dictionary definitions for draggletailed

draggletailed

/ (ˈdræɡəlˌteɪld) /


adjective
  1. archaic (esp of a woman) bedraggled; besmirched

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