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Daggle-tail or Draggle-tail

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A slovenly woman, the bottom of whose dress trails in the dirt. Dag (Saxon) means loose ends, mire or dirt; whence dag-locks, the soiled locks of a sheep’s fleece, and dag-wool, refuse wool. (Compare Tag.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Daddy Long-legs
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Daffodil (The)
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Dagger-scene in the House of Commons
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Daggers Drawn (At)
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