draggledadj.
/ˈdraɡ(ə)ld/ Befouled with dragging through wet and mire.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > muddy > dirty by trailing in mud
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1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 76 Puire laboraris and byssy husband men Went wayt and wery draglyt in the fen.
1699 S. Garth Dispensary ii. 22 And draggl'd dignity of Scavenger.
1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 22 You'll see a draggled Damsel, here and there, From Billingsgate her fishy Traffick bear.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiii. 183 A draggled trail of disreputables.
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