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Definition: DRAGGLE-TAIL

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Draggle-tail" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DRAGGLE-TAIL

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A slut.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Literature Draggle-tail A slut; a woman who allows her petticoats to trail in the dirt. The word should be "daggle-tail" (q.v.), from the Scotch dag (dew on the grass), daggle (wet with the grassdew), like the Latin collutulo irroro. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: DRAGGLE-TAIL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DRAGGLE-TAIL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DRAGGLE-TAIL

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] A slut.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
LiteratureDraggle-tail A slut; a woman who allows her petticoats to trail in the dirt. The word should be "daggle-tail" (q.v.), from the Scotch dag (dew on the grass), daggle (wet with the grassdew), like the Latin collutulo irroro. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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