draggle-tailed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of draggle-tailed
First recorded in 1645–55; draggle-tail + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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It was repeated in the draggle-tailed flight of the crippled Strasbourg to Toulon, in the smashed hulks of four other men-of-war, in the sullen disarmament of the French squadron under British guns in Alexandria's harbor.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were all dirty and in plain shorts or draggle-tailed knickers or old everyday dresses.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Long draggle-tailed skirts, some sort of a shawl, and the most appalling old cloth cap on her head, concealing a small quantity of grey hairs and shading a wrinkled, aged face!
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey
Often—in my country I have seen that wretched change you have spoken of, from the fresh handsome country lass to the poor draggle-tailed country woman.”
From News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance by William Morris
A shamefaced, miserable, draggle-tailed crew they looked, as, one after the other, under the policeman's cold official glance, they took their boxes out into the street.
From A Duel by Richard Marsh
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