draggle-tailed
Meaning
Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.
Synonyms
Translations
dağınık
ungepflegt
ακατάστατος
désordonné
indecente
ongekamd ruigharig
eriçadoPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɹæɡl̩ˌteɪld/
Etymology
Taken from draggle (“net drawn along the bottom of the water for fishing”), this was originally applied to women whose dresses dragged along the ground behind them.
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