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Definition of Quagmire

1. Noun. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

Definition of Quagmire

1. n. Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.

Definition of Quagmire

1. an area of marshy ground [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quagmire

quaestor quaestors quaff quaffed quaffer quaffers quaffing quaffs quag quagga

quagga quaggas quaggier quaggiest quaggy quagmire (current term) quagmired quagmires quagmirier quagmiriest

quagmiry quags quahaug quahaug quahaugs quahog quahogs quai quaich quaiches

Literary usage of Quagmire

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1. Central Asia and Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"At last, however, although we were all pretty nearly completely A Camel Sinking in the (quagmire. done up, we struck a little glen which led us out into the ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"15. 'The Heiress and her Lover?,' 1 863. 16. ' Leonore, a Tale, and other Poems, 1864. 17. ' quagmire ahead,' privately printed ..."

3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... that the final " e " you tack on to it is an affected abbreviation for the sake of refinement, and that it is, by name and nature, really " quagmire. ..."

4. Central Asia and Tibet: Towards the Holy City of Lassa by Sven Hedin (1903)
"... the smallest suspicion of it, I should of course have stuck to our old route, which appeared to be a sort of foot-bridge leading across the quagmire. ..."

5. Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of by John Gabriel Stedman (1813)
"Alarm in the Pirica River—A Detachment marches to its Relief—Ambuscade—Wonderful Effect from the Biting of a Bat—Scene in a quagmire—Sketch of the ..."

6. The Life of Bishop Matthew Simpson: Of the Methodist Episcopal Church by George Richard Crooks (1890)
"—A Break-down in the Midst of a quagmire.—Bishop Simpson at the Tremont Temple in 1866.—The Rev. R. II. Howard's Narrative.—The Old Vigor Still Alive in ..."

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