Complete Definition of "draggle-tailed"

English
Pronunciation
IPA /'ʤræglteld/

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

Adjective

  1. (of a person or other animal) Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.

vi:draggle-tailed

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