The phrase "a straggle of shops" is not correct in English; the intended phrase is likely "a straggle of shops." It is typically used to describe a disorganized or scattered group of shops in a particular area.
Example: "As I walked down the street, I noticed a straggle of shops selling everything from antiques to modern clothing."
Alternatives: "a cluster of shops" or "a row of shops."
KILGARVAN, Ireland — Nestled in the shadow of the picturesque southern mountain range Macgillycuddy's Reeks, home to Ireland's three highest peaks, Kilgarvan is little more than a blink-and-you-miss-it blip on the busy road between the tourist towns of Killarney and Kenmare: a single street, a straggle of houses, a shop, two bars, a church and a graveyard.
Of course that is an unfair comparison — but the difference is compounded when you consider that Mayfair has chichi Mount Street, with its branch of Christian Louboutin and Scott's, the famous fish restaurant, while Willesden Green offers a straggle of everything-for-a-pound shops and kebab joints.
A straggle of goats wanders past ruminatively; a peacock cries from the nearby trees.
The establishment of Henry VIII's naval dockyard at Deptford on the south bank was accompanied by a straggle of waterfront hovels on the north bank at Wapping.
Throughout the day, a straggle of old men on old bikes pass by, offering services and goods – bicycle repairs, newspapers, soft drinks – each with a subtly different ring.
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Until 1815, however, the number of immigrants was small: Highlanders for Glengarry county in Upper Canada, disbanded soldiers in Lanark county south of the Ottawa River, and a straggle of Irish after the rebellion of 1798 was crushed.
It would take a catastrophe on an epic scale – an epidemic, massive environmental change, an asteroid impact, or nuclear war – to possibly kill Homni, leaving a straggle of human survivors.
Before us, up the sloping lawn, are a small pen of special guests (can just make out Al Sharpton and wish for binoculars) and a straggle of schoolchildren along the drive.
Simulation of the implantation profiles were carried out by the TRIM (version SRIM2006) [15] code, suggesting an essential Gaussian distribution, see Fig. 1a with a projected range of 20 nm and a straggling of 10 nm.
