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ADJ.
best, many
DAGGLE-TAILED + NOUN
parsons, soubrette
adj
Having the lower ends of clothes dirty due to them trailing in mud or other filth.
Of low class or ill repute
And first, I am very sensible how much the gentlemen of wit and pleasure are apt to murmur, and be choked at the sight of so many daggle-tailed parsons that happen to fall in their way, and offend their eyes
Hal - this awkward Scotch laird, that has scarce tact enough to make love to a ewe-milker, or, at best, to some daggle-tailed soubrette
And first, I am very sensible how much the gentlemen of wit and pleasure are apt to murmur, and be choked at the sight of so many daggle-tailed parsons that happen to fall in their way, and offend the
WiktionaryHal - this awkward Scotch laird, that has scarce tact enough to make love to a ewe-milker, or, at best, to some daggle-tailed soubrette
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In some senses, daggle-tailed is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.