Definitions for draggle-tailed

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draggle-tailed(Adjective)
Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.

Origin: Taken from draggle (meaning a net drawn along the bottom of the water for fishing) this was originally applied to women whose dresses dragged along the ground behind them.

Webster Dictionary

Draggle-tailed(adj)
untidy; sluttish; slatternly

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