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quagmire

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quagmire
a soft wet area of land that gives way under the feet; bog
quagmire [′kwäg‚mīr]
(ecology)
bog


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A snake who could make himself comfortable in a quagmire, a hundred feet deep, would be protected on the outskirts by such stupendous morasses as now no longer exist, or which, if they exist anywhere at all, can be on very few places on the earth's surface.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
Tess, meanwhile, as the one who had dragged her parents into this quagmire, was silently wondering what she could do to help them out of it; and then her mother broached her scheme.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Well,' says I, 'you talk o' Bony's cliverness; would it be any use my being a first-rate gardener if I'd got nought but a quagmire to work on?
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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