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bedraggled
adjective
Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
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bɪˈdɹæɡl̩d
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adjective
Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud
“The beggar's bedraggled clothes”
adjective
In deplorable condition
“A street of bedraggled tenements”
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The beggar's bedraggled clothes
Scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts
A street of bedraggled tenements
A broken-down fence
A ramshackle old pier
A tumble-down shack
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