draggle-tailed

[ drag-uhl-teyld ]

adjective

1. untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of draggle-tailed¹

First recorded in 1645–55; draggle-tail + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The party was made up of a ferret-faced man with a red nose, a draggle-tailed woman, and a child in a crazy perambulator.

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No one knew of it save Bough Van Busch and the draggle-tailed woman.

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In the midst of it, the Crows noticed a Monkey sliding along, drenched and draggle-tailed, looking like a drowned Rat.

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People go by, so drenched and draggle-tailed that I have often wondered how they found the heart to undress.

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The Pink Moir Antique was torn into a draggle-tailed pink train.

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