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Synonyms for boggy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bog-ee, baw-gee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒg i, ˈbɔ gi

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Définition of boggy

Origin :
  • 1580s, from bog (n.) + -y (2). Related: Bogginess.
  • As in marshy : adj swampy
  • As in muddy : adj dark and cloudy
Example sentences :
  • The ground around, which was boggy and treacherous, was held by the enemy.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Prouided, that the ground neither be boggy, nor the inundation be past 24.
  • Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson
  • Just then Kit came back with a hat of water from167 a boggy place.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Snape is a dialect word for boggy ground, and Wong means a meadow.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • The ground near this place is boggy, and animals should be watered with buckets.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Traveler » by Randolph Marcy
  • It fell in soft, boggy ground, where he could not get to pick it up.
  • Extract from : « Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals » by R. Lee
  • And once he skirted a boggy piece of land and nearly headed them off.
  • Extract from : « The Rival Campers Ashore » by Ruel Perley Smith
  • But the edge of the pool on the side where she walked was boggy.
  • Extract from : « The Rival Campers Ashore » by Ruel Perley Smith
  • The bed of the Finke is the most boggy creek-channel I have ever met.
  • Extract from : « Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration » by Ernest Giles
  • The ground, too, was black and boggy, and sucked at her feet as she moved.
  • Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane

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