Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
draggle-tailed [drag-uh l-teyld] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- untidy; bedraggled; slovenly.
Origin of draggle-tailed First recorded in 1645–55; draggle-tail + -ed3 Examples from the Web for draggle-tailed Historical Examples of draggle-tailed
Bill Sykes likes to be tried in a black coat, and draggle-tailed Sal smooths her tangled locks before she enters the dock.
Anthony Hope
People go by, so drenched and draggle-tailed that I have often wondered how they found the heart to undress.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Pink Moir Antique was torn into a draggle-tailed pink train.
My Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Wilkie Collins
All ordinary housekeepers are at the mercy of the filth and insolence of a draggle-tailed, novelette-reading feminine democracy.
George Gissing
In the midst of it, the Crows noticed a Monkey sliding along, drenched and draggle-tailed, looking like a drowned Rat.
William Crooke