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Meanings of draggled in English

Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud.

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Usage of draggled in English
1
They seemed caricatures of humanity; scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
2
Tip-Top was not dead, but in a sadly draggled and torn state.
Queer Little Folks
3
The old man pulled the draggled thing off and looked at it.
The Wise Man’s Fear
4
She thought that everybody in the street looked draggled and disappointed.
Taquisara
5
The old, draggled silk gown did not count one way or the other.
The Girl at Cobhurst
6
After she had gone Mentu glanced at the draggled dress of his son.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
7
Her skirts were draggled as if with repeated soaking with dew and rain.
Vandemark's Folly
8
As he slept, his draggled coat dried and became slightly curly.
Dogsbody
9
It's a fine draggled set the women will look before they get home.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy
10
Then he smiled at his forlorn, draggled condition, and went to his room.
The Maid of Maiden Lane
11
She was crying like a weak, unnerved woman, draggled and mud-spattered, unspeakably distressed.
The Bars of Iron
12
She suddenly realized what she must look like-barefeet, draggled skirts, dripping arms.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
13
His jaws were apart, and through them the tongue protruded, draggled and limp.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
14
The draggled bird fluttered in and sank on the floor.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
15
His reddish moustache was draggled with dew and his clothes were soaked in it.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
16
You look all draggled and dirty and as if you had been in mischief.
Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier
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