draggle-tailed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of draggle-tailed
First recorded in 1645–55; draggle-tail + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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They were all dirty and in plain shorts or draggle-tailed knickers or old everyday dresses.
From Literature
“Oh, one got rusty and the other draggle-tailed, I suppose,” he said.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
A tired, working woman, draggle-tailed, Came in, harsh-featured in the yellow glare Of electricity; an urchin trailed Clumsily after her, with towsled hair, And sharp, pale features, and a vacant stare, And in her arms she bore another child.
From Project Gutenberg
Behind him, with a developing incurable bronchitis that could never be fatal, toiled the devil, more and more despondent, more and more draggle-tailed, voiceless and unhelpful.
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