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bedraggle

[bih-drag-uhl]

verb (used with object)

bedraggled, bedraggling 
  1. to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt.



bedraggle

/ ɪˈæɡə /

verb

  1. (tr) to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bedraggle1

First recorded in 1720–30; be- + draggle
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The final scoreline almost did a kindness to a bedraggled Inter, such was PSG's dominance and the sheer number of chances they created.

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Hawkins lets herself get vulnerable, too, and the film never fakes a punch by pretending she’s anything more than a small, desperate and bedraggled woman with eyes that look like a bottomless well of need.

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He bought a bedraggled old place called the Caravan Lodge and dubbed it the Phoenix, with Miss Pearl’s Jam House as its on-site restaurant and bar.

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Every wrinkly finger, bedraggled wig and lipstick-smeared visage are a sight to behold.

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After honing his comedic chops in the booth and on Carson's couch, Uecker broke into Hollywood as the fictional play-by-play man for the bedraggled Cleveland Indians in the "Major League" movies.

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