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† ˈdriggle-draggle Obs. exc. dial. [Reduplicated f. draggle v., with vowel-alternation: cf. dingle-dangle, etc.] A slut, slattern, drab. Also attrib., slatternly.
1588Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. vi. 33 b, If there be any driggle draggle in Shrewsbury. 1593Tell-Troth's N.Y. Gift 14 Those driggell draggells (whose wicked and lascivious lives have wasted their bodies). 1611Florio, Zaccara, a driggle-draggle strumpet. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Driggle-draggle, adv. and sb., in a slovenly, slatternly manner—specially applied to women's dress; also as an epithet. |