draggle
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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
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
Caan't 'e see what a draggle tail, low-minded pass all this be bringin' 'e to?
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
She will not let her dignity draggle in the mud, like others I could name.
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck
How foolish to draggle that mazarin blue poplinette in sloppy snow!
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
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
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
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
“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
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
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
My lady with the ermine tippet and draggling feather, can we not see that she lives in Portland Place, and is the wife of an East India Director?
From George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray
