draggle-tail

[drag-uh l-teyl]

noun

Origin of draggle-tail

First recorded in 1590–1600; draggle + tail¹

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She moved towards the door, with her draggle-tail of infants.
The King of Schnorrers
Israel Zangwill
She hasn't a penny, and goes about tattered, a draggle-tail, and sells her birthright for a handful of cold potatoes.
Stories and Pictures
Isaac Loeb Peretz