Draggle-tailed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɹæɡl̩ˌteɪld/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Draggle-tailed is an adjective meaning (of a person or other animal, or of clothing) Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.
Meaning
(of a person or other animal, or of clothing) Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.
Example Sentences
Never lose a chance: it doesnt come everyday. I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe.
[A] cock and two or three draggle-tailed hens were composing themselves to roost on the front portion of the cart between the shafts.
You sound like you have been to college even. You sound almost like a Northerner even, not like the draggle-tailed women of those Delta peckerwoods.
A year before my return Elwood had swapped his old truck for this draggle-tailed creature. He was pleased with the deal—a whole mule for a broken-down truck that had to be removed from the farm in several hundred rusting pieces.
Word Forms
- draggled-tailed
- draggletailed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include daggle-tailed, slatternly, raggle-taggle, sluttish, draggled, shagged.
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