bedrabble
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of bedrabble
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at be-, drabble
Example Sentences
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But Nattie did not even notice her landlady's acrimonious glance, and sang a gay song as she changed her bedrabbled dress.
From Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Thayer, Ella Cheever
I am sure she won’t want you bedrabbled objects hanging around her windows.”
From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret
“Two more bedrabbled persons I never saw!” exclaimed Amy, when they arrived upon the porch.
From The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air by Penrose, Margaret
Ther's a woman bedrabbled an weet, Crouched daan in a doorhoil to rest; Her een strangely breet,—her face like a sheet, An her long hair hings ovver her breast.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
Ruth, wet and bedrabbled as she was, did not think of her own discomfort.
From Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace by Emerson, Alice B.
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