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
The very dogs would have chased such a draggle-tailed beauty from the grounds.
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
The heel of a boot had trodden 176upon and partly obliterated the writing, the ink having run, and the whole appearance of the document being somewhat draggle-tailed.
From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
“Oh, one got rusty and the other draggle-tailed, I suppose,” he said.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
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