Usually means: Untidy, trailing end of garment.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. draggle-tail: Merriam-Webster
  2. draggle-tail: Wordnik
  3. draggle-tail: Wiktionary
  4. draggle-tail: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Draggle-tail, draggle-tail: Dictionary.com
  6. Draggle-tail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. draggle-tail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Draggle-tail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. draggle-tail: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. Draggle-tail: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. draggle-tail: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Draggle-tail: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. draggle-tail: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (draggle-tail)

▸ noun:  (chiefly archaic) A slut or slattern; a slovenly woman.
▸ adjective:  Dirty, untidy, ragtag.

Similar:
daggle-tail, draggletail, drabble-tail, drab, drabbletail, slattern, dretch, slag, slutwad, clatch, more...

Opposite:
dapper, spruce, natty

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Similar:
daggle-tail, draggletail, drabble-tail, drab, drabbletail, slattern, dretch, slag, slutwad, clatch, more...

Opposite:
dapper, spruce, natty



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