Draggle-tail
A slut; a woman who allows her petticoats to trail in the dirt.
The word should be “daggle-tail” (q.v.), from the Scotch dag
(dew on the grass), daggle (wet with the grassdew), like the
Latin collutulo irroro.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Draggle-tail from Fact Monster:
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