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draggled

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drag·gle  (drgl)
v. drag·gled, drag·gling, drag·gles
v.tr.
To make wet and dirty by dragging on the ground.
v.intr.
1. To become wet and muddy by being dragged.
2. To follow slowly; straggle.
[Probably frequentative of drag.]
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Adj.1.draggled - limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"
bedraggled
dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"


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A draggled muslin cap on his head and a dirty gunny-sack about his slim hips proclaimed him cook of the decidedly dirty ship's galley in which I found myself.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
They were indeed a queer-looking party that assembled on the bank--the birds with draggled feathers, the animals with their fur clinging close to them, and all dripping wet, cross, and uncomfortable.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context
Not a single idea could I connect with any given object, while, in addition, my appearance was so draggled that I felt utterly ashamed of it.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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