| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. An alternative spelling for "Daggle-tailed": Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb daggle-tailly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (daggle-tailly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective daggle-tail.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"DAGGLE-TAIL" is a common misspelling or typo for: draggle-tail. |
Date "DAGGLE-TAIL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DAGGLE-TAIL
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Having the lower ends of garments defiled with mud.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Literature | 1: Daggle-tail or ~~~Draggle-tail. 2: Draggle-tail. A slovenly woman, the bottom of whose dress trails in the dirt. Dag (Saxon) means loose ends, mire or dirt; whence dag-locks, the soiled locks of a sheep's fleece, and dag-wool, refuse wool. (Compare TAG.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
