daggle-tailed
daggle-tailed adjective: having the lower ends of clothes dirty due to them trailing in mud or other filth.
Adjective
daggle-tailed (comparative more daggle-tailed, superlative most daggle-tailed)
- Having the lower ends of clothes dirty due to them trailing in mud or other filth.
- Synonyms:
- draggle-tailed
- Of low class or ill repute
- And first, I am very sensible how much the gentlemen of wit and pleasure are apt to murmur, and be choked at the sight of so many daggle-tailed parsons that happen to fall in their way, and offend their eyes1708, Jonathan Swift, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity
- Hal - this awkward Scotch laird, that has scarce tact enough to make love to a ewe-milker, or, at best, to some daggle-tailed soubrette1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co....
Synonyms of daggle-tailed
Forms of daggle-tailed
| comparative | more daggle-tailed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most daggle-tailed |
Questions about daggle-tailed
- What does daggle-tailed mean?
- Daggle-tailed means having the lower ends of clothes dirty due to them trailing in mud or other filth.
- What part of speech is daggle-tailed?
- Daggle-tailed is an adjective.
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