draggle
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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to trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
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to follow slowly; straggle.
verb
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to make or become wet or dirty by trailing on the ground; bedraggle
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(intr) to lag; dawdle
Etymology
Origin of draggle
Example Sentences
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As most of the actors draggle through their paces, it is plain that Novac and friends could easily outwit the lot of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much of the uproar, as the U.S. duly noted and compensated for, was due to the fact that the politicians caught in the bloody draggle of Suez needed a scapegoat.
From Time Magazine Archive
She will not let her dignity draggle in the mud, like others I could name.
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)
To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
He did not tie him to anything, but merely rested the bridle over the pommel of the saddle, so that it might not draggle upon the ground.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.
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