a. [f. STRAGGLE v.1 + BRAIN sb. + -ED.] Having wandering wits.
1725. P. Walkden, Diary (1866), 11. A wandering straggle-brained clergyman.
1846. Leeds Mercury, 7 Nov., 9/4. Joseph Garside, of Halifax, a straggle-brained knight of the cleaver, was brought up under a peace warrant … for using abusive and threatening language.
1887. Hall Caine, Son of Hagar, II. xiii. The straggle-brained guest had been lit to his bed.
