What is the meaning of straggle?

noun

  • A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons. )
    • usage: "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"

verb

  • Wander from a direct or straight course.
  • Go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way.
    • usage: "Branches straggling out quite far"
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