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Definition of Straggle
1. Noun. A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons). "A straggle of followers"
2. Verb. Wander from a direct or straight course.
Generic synonyms: Deviate, Divert
Derivative terms: Digression, Straggler
3. Verb. Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way. "Branches straggling out quite far"
Definition of Straggle
1. v. i. To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle.
2. n. The act of straggling.
Definition of Straggle
1. Verb. To stray from the road, course or line of march. ¹
2. Verb. To wander about; ramble. ¹
3. Verb. To spread at irregular intervals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Straggle
1. to stray [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] - See also: stray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straggle
Literary usage of Straggle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Arpinum on the frontier was taken, and at last, ' after a twenty-two years'
straggle, the Second Samnite War*: was closed by a ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"There U every appearance of a straggle having taken place which ended in the
defeat and destruction of the moth. ' The Radiant Centre of the Perseids FROM ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
"(they straggle) the key, wench 1 II--I. Mother, oh, my mother I [№ wrenches the
key from her. Rud. Thou'et drawn thy lot, and her lot too ! ..."
4. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"... public the side of his party in the straggle then waging in the United States.
While in England Mr. Conway was tendered the ministry of the South Place ..."
5. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"Particular care is to be taken, that the men do not straggle, and that no
unnecessary distress or oppression is brought upon the inhabitants. I am, &,c. ..."
6. Elizabethan Translations from the Italian: The Titles of Such Works Now by Mary Augusta Scott (1895)
"... and sees the journey's end, I straggle on too far; long graces do But keep
good stomachs off, that would fall to. The Poems, Plays and Other Remains of ..."
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