drabbletail

Noun

drabble-tail (plural drabble-tails)

1. A draggle-tail; a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
   • Whose tinsel robes of tawdry language trail, Slatterns in fine attire, a drabble tail; Whose monft'rous thoughts, diminutive and vile, Seem pigmy pages to a giant style;1785, The Beauties of the Brinsleiad, page 22
2. An untidy person; a general term of contempt.
   • Jinx said to Bubber [a male character]– "Aw go 'haid, drabble[-]tail. Ain' nobody studyin' yo' family."1994, Rudolph Fisher, The Walls of Jericho, page 14

   Synonyms:

   clatty, dag, dirtbag, dirtball, feague, frump, grotbag, grub, meff, oinker

3. A mess; something bedraggled or cheaply made.
   • Ngarara went in, and mistaking the post for Ruru, encircled it with the drabbletail of her dress.1876, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 117

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