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draggle (iou)



draggle verb. E16.
[Dim. & frequentative of DRAG verb: see -LE3.]
verb trans. Make dirty, untidy, and usu. wet, esp. by trailing through something. E16.
Carlyle The wet day draggles the tricolor. T. Hardy Lifting her skirts to avoid draggling them in the white dust. S. Leacock All draggled with the mud and rain he stood. R. Macaulay Her draggled hair drooping like dark seaweed round her face.
verb intrans. Trail on the ground; hang trailing or untidily. L16.
verb intrans. Come on or follow slowly; lag; straggle in the rear. L16.