draggle tail[noun]Synonyms: slattern, dowd, dowdy, drab, malkin, slut, streel, traipse
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draggle-tail noun & adjective.
['drag(ǝ)lteɪl] L16.[from DRAGGLE + TAIL noun1.]A. noun.
1. A bedraggled person or animal;
esp. (
arch.) a woman with draggled or untidily trailing skirts, a slut.
L16.■ Swift What a draggletail she will be before she gets to Dublin.2. In
pl. Skirts that trail on the ground.
arch. M19.b. attrib. or as
adjective. Draggle-tailed; draggled.
E17.■ A. Carter In the long, rank, soaking grass among draggletail dog-daisies. ■ draggle-tailed adjective that is a draggle-tail;
arch. sluttish:
M17. ■ draggle-tailedness noun L19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲