draggle-tail

draggle-tail [drag-uh l-teyl] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. slut; slattern.

Origin of draggle-tail First recorded in 1590–1600; draggle + tail1 Examples from the Web for draggle-tail Historical Examples of draggle-tail

She moved towards the door, with her draggle-tail of infants.

The King of Schnorrers

Israel Zangwill

She 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