draggle

Example Sentences

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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

How foolish to draggle that mazarin blue poplinette in sloppy snow!

From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft

Caan't 'e see what a draggle tail, low-minded pass all this be bringin' 'e to?

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden

To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah