Draggled

A very miserable-looking man in draggled ducks, after nearly swamping the boat in the heavy seas, passed us the painter and climbed out. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Surely I shall never miss it," I said, and I had in mind the dark gray suit with the pockets draggled from the freightage of many books — books that had spoiled more than one day's fishing sport. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Surely I shall never miss it," I said, and I had in mind the dark gray suit with the pockets draggled from the freightage of many books -- books that had spoiled more than one day's fishing sport. ❋ Unknown (1906)

A very miserable-looking man in draggled duck, after nearly swamping the boat in heavy seas, passed us the painter and climbed out. ❋ Unknown (1905)

They were mere skeletons, draped loosely in draggled hides, with blazing eyes and slavered fangs. ❋ Unknown (1903)

He cut a short pole at the water's edge and drew from one of his pockets a bit of line and a draggled fly that had once been a royal coachman. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His face and neck were hidden beneath a black beard, intershot with grey, which would have been stiff and bushy had it not been limp and draggled and dripping with water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His jaws were apart, and through them the tongue protruded, draggled and limp. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Five," I corrected, "counting in the dark gray fishing outfit with the draggled pockets." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just glance at your draggled skirts, for instance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sometimes, however, you may see a woman, not necessarily old, but twisted and deformed out of all womanhood, bloated and drunken, lift her draggled skirts and execute a few grotesque and lumbering steps upon the pavement. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ranks of his men closed in orderly march and followed him, and the bruised and draggled survivors of Gwion's unblessed army took up their dead and straggled after, leaving the trampled and bloodied beach clear of all but the drovers and their cattle, and Cadwaladr alone, aloof from all men, stalking in a black, forbidding cloud of disgust and humiliation after his brother. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She ran her hands through her hair, pushing draggled curls out of her eyes. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

No, Clary said, pushing her damp hood back so she could enjoy the feel of the sunlight on her draggled hair. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

It does give a lot of draggled loose ends, but that means there are more threads to weave back into the plot later on. ❋ Unknown (2009)