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drag⋅gle

  [drag-uhl] verb, -gled, -gling.
Use draggle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.
–verb (used without object)
2. to trail on the ground; be or become draggled.
3. to follow slowly; straggle.
Origin:
1490–1500; drag + -le
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drag·gle   (drāg'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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

draggle 
1513, frequentative of drag. This led to draggle-tail "sloppy woman, woman whose skirts are wet and draggled" (1596).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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