draggled
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drag·gle
(drăg′əl)v. drag·gled, drag·gling, drag·gles
v.tr.
To make wet and dirty by dragging on the ground.
v.intr.
1. To become wet and muddy by being dragged.
2. To follow slowly; straggle.
[ Probably frequentative of drag.]
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| Adj. | 1. |  draggled - limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" |
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