- Daggle-tail
- Daggle-tail Dag"gle-tail` (-t[=a]l`), n. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail. [1913 Webster]
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Daggle-tail — Dag gle tail (d[a^]g g l t[=a]l ), Daggle tailed Dag gle tailed ( t[=a]ld ), a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle tailed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
daggle-tail — daggˈle tail noun A draggle tail • • • Main Entry: ↑daggle … Useful english dictionary
daggle-tail — n. Slattern, slut, sloven, draggle tail, slovenly person … New dictionary of synonyms
Daggle-tailed — Daggle tail Dag gle tail (d[a^]g g l t[=a]l ), Daggle tailed Dag gle tailed ( t[=a]ld ), a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle tailed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dag — 1) dew upon the grass ; hence a woman who lias dirted her clothes with wet or mire is called daggle tail, corrupted to draggle tail. Daglocks, locks of wool spoiled by the dag or dew. S. 2) to dag, to run thick. N. 3) to dag a garden, to water … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
Pendency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pendency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pendency pendency dependency Sgm: N 1 suspension suspension hanging &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 pedicel pedicel pedicle peduncle Sgm: N 1 tail tail … English dictionary for students
Dag-tailed — a. [Dag a loose end + tail.] Daggle tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. Dag tailed sheep. Bp. Hall … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fall — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept, apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, autumn, backslide, backsliding, bag, bank, bate, be destroyed, be eaten away, be found, be… … Moby Thesaurus
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sag — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, arch, bag, basin, bate, be eaten away, bear market, bear off, bearish market, beat down, bend, bend back, bow, break, cadence, cascade, catenary, cave, cave in, cheapen, cheapening, concavity, consume,… … Moby Thesaurus
