draggle
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As most of the actors draggle through their paces, it is plain that Novac and friends could easily outwit the lot of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much of the uproar, as the U.S. duly noted and compensated for, was due to the fact that the politicians caught in the bloody draggle of Suez needed a scapegoat.
From Time Magazine Archive
It goes right hard with her to draggle her skirts in the dewy strawberry beds; but she feels consoled when I fetch up the till!
From Idle Hour Stories by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
The nice old maid near him turns away in disgust when she sees his moustaches draggle in the soup.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
It will be needful, if it be wet weather, to clip their tails, lest these draggle, and so weaken the bird.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
He cut a short pole at the water’s edge and drew from one of his pockets a bit of line and a draggled fly that had once been a royal coachman.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2018
Fifteen months later, a battered, be draggled ghost ship, the Wolf again dodged through the British blockade and limped home to her base.
From Time Magazine Archive
White flowers whirled like snow and her draggled hair streamed back from her face as she squinted against the draft.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
There’s a straggly line of people, adults and children, along the roadside among the draggled weeds.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
He could scarcely believe the sight before him—Rome’s beautiful princess, her hair dirty, tangled, and uncombed, her clothes draggled and torn, her face thin and wild.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
“We had to grow,” Alexandra hissed as she propped herself against the terminal, her dark hair a curtain draggling before her as she hung her head.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2019
Brooding over them is the gaunt figure of the Gravedigger Captain in his draggling coat, explaining to Adam Ember that he took the job because he wanted to be on the side of victory.
From Time Magazine Archive
He might wander through the country unnoticed and unknown, while the whole nation were draggling after Mrs. Stowe's petticoat.
From A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery by A. Woodward
The tail is thickly covered with long hairs, placed vertically, the hairs draggling on the ground.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
Her boots are strong, and her dress is warm—the petticoats cut short to prevent them from draggling in the mud.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated by Various
