draggle-tail

American  

[drag-uhl-teyl] / ˈdræg əlˌteɪl /

noun

1. slut; slattern.

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Etymology

Origin of draggle-tail

First recorded in 1590–1600; draggle + tail ¹

Example Sentences

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draggle-tail

But a draggle-tail, dirty-foot slattern Would dub me ill-favoured and sallow.

From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood

It will be better," said the author of The Traveller and the Deserted Village, laughing indeed, but in good earnest, "to relinquish the draggle-tail muses.

From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Henry Francis Cary

She hasn't a penny, and goes about tattered, a draggle-tail, and sells her birthright for a handful of cold potatoes.

From Stories and Pictures by Isaac Loeb Peretz

"I thought fust it was you when I heard that draggle-tail dog of yours barkin', but it was only Miss Jane and Bart Holt."

From Tides of Barnegat by Francis Hopkinson Smith

She saw close to the wall some few yards away a somewhat draggle-tail figure in cloak and hood.

From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Charles Edward Pearce