draggle-tailed

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Slatternly, untidy, unkempt.

Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈdɹæɡl̩ˌteɪld/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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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