English Explanatory Dictionary

draggle-tailed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹæɡl̩ˌteɪld/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-draggle-tailed.wav

Word forms

draggle-tailed more draggle-tailed most draggle-tailed draggled-tailed draggletailed

Etymology

Taken from draggle (“net drawn along the bottom of the water for fishing”), this was originally applied to women whose dresses dragged along the ground behind them.

Related words

bedraggled draggle-tail
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