draggle-tail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of draggle-tail
Example Sentences
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The long and short of it all was that I had to resume the clothes I had left behind me, and restore to Jutka the draggle-tail rags which she had charged me with spoiling.
From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór
"I thought fust it was you when I heard that draggle-tail dog of yours barkin', but it was only Miss Jane and Bart Holt."
From Tides of Barnegat by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
She saw close to the wall some few yards away a somewhat draggle-tail figure in cloak and hood.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward
But a draggle-tail, dirty-foot slattern Would dub me ill-favoured and sallow.
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
She hasn't a penny, and goes about tattered, a draggle-tail, and sells her birthright for a handful of cold potatoes.
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
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