Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One whose garments trail on the wet ground; a slattern; a draggletail.
  • Having the lower ends or skirts of one's garments defiled with mud. Also dagtailed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
  • adjective Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.

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Examples

  • 'Why conno yo say reet out' at it's a pleeace not fit for ony decent dog to put his head in, an 'an ill-mannert daggle-tail of a woman to keep it, as I'd like to sweep out wi th' bits of a morning, an 'leave her on th' muck-heap wheer she belongs? '

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

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    July 19, 2012