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DRAGGLED
bedraggled, draggled
(adjective) limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; “the beggar’s bedraggled clothes”; “scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
draggled
simple past tense and past participle of draggle
Adjective
draggled (comparative more draggled, superlative most draggled)
Bedraggled.
Source: Wiktionary
DRAGGLE
Drag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling.] Etym: [Freq. of drag. Drawl.]
Definition: To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. Gray. With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench.
Drag"gle, v. i.
Definition: To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. Hudibras.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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