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draggle-tail
noun 1adj 1
Collocations
3VERB + DRAGGLE-TAIL
wear
DRAGGLE-TAIL + NOUN
whereupon
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A slut or slattern; a slovenly woman.
For yee shall not onely see the Damoiselles (Gentlewomen) and them of the better sort, but euery poore Chapperonnieze (draggletayle) euen to the Coblers daughter, that can Dance with good measure, & Arte, all your Quarantes, Leualties, Bransles, & other Dances whatsoeuer […]
It was a long canting monologue, which ended with, "And a lady is just what you are not — you don't even wear under-drawers, you draggle-tail!" Whereupon in her fury she lifted her skirts and showed me that she did wear underdrawers.
adj
1
Dirty, untidy, ragtag.
You notice that across the lawn the coppice looks not so wind-beaten and draggletail as it did a while ago.
—words spliced to form draggletail phrases met by brittle conjunctions– We two are poorly bound
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For yee shall not onely see the Damoiselles (Gentlewomen) and them of the better sort, but euery poore Chapperonnieze (draggletayle) euen to the Coblers daughter, that can Dance with good measure, & A
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It was a long canting monologue, which ended with, "And a lady is just what you are not — you don't even wear under-drawers, you draggle-tail!" Whereupon in her fury she lifted her skirts and showed m
Wiktionary03
You notice that across the lawn the coppice looks not so wind-beaten and draggletail as it did a while ago.
Wiktionary04
—words spliced to form draggletail phrases met by brittle conjunctions– We two are poorly bound
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Dirty, draggletail, it was nevertheless an important street […]
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