draggle
to trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
to follow slowly; straggle.
Origin of draggle
1Words Nearby draggle
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How to use draggle in a sentence
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.
Huntingtower | John BuchanI have nothing to do with such milk-sop organizations, or the donkeys that draggle at their heels.
Eventide | Effie AftonNo one knew of it save Bough Van Busch and the draggle-tailed woman.
The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary GravesA few feet from the coach the water appeared to deepen, and the bear-skin to draggle.
Jeff Briggs's Love Story | Bret HarteShe hasn't a penny, and goes about tattered, a draggle-tail, and sells her birthright for a handful of cold potatoes.
Stories and Pictures | Isaac Loeb Peretz
British Dictionary definitions for draggle
/ (ˈdræɡəl) /
to make or become wet or dirty by trailing on the ground; bedraggle
(intr) to lag; dawdle
Origin of draggle
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