Drabble-tail
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A draggle-tail; a prostitute or promiscuous woman.
"Whose tinsel robes of tawdry language trail, Slatterns in fine attire, a drabble tail; Whose monft'rous thoughts, diminutive and vile, Seem pigmy pages to a giant style;"
- 2 An untidy person; a general term of contempt.
"Jinx said to Bubber [a male character]– "Aw go 'haid, drabble[-]tail. Ain' nobody studyin' yo' family.""
- 3 A mess; something bedraggled or cheaply made.
"Ngarara went in, and mistaking the post for Ruru, encircled it with the drabbletail of her dress."
- 1 Ragtag.
"What was ailing this ordinarily competent musical flock that they should have languished into such a straggly, drabbletail gathering of barnyard fowl?"
Example
More examples"Whose tinsel robes of tawdry language trail, Slatterns in fine attire, a drabble tail; Whose monft'rous thoughts, diminutive and vile, Seem pigmy pages to a giant style;"
Etymology
From drabble (“to make wet and dirty by dragging through the mud”) + tail.
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