Synonyms for muskeg


Grammar : Noun
Spell : muhs-keg
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌs kɛg

Top 10 synonyms for muskeg Other synonyms for the word muskeg

Définition of muskeg

Origin :
  • kind of moss bog, 1865, from a Cree Indian word.
  • noun swamp
Example sentences :
  • We certainly had muskeg enough yesterday and the day before.
  • Extract from : « The Young Alaskans in the Rockies » by Emerson Hough
  • To my notion, this looks considerable like a muskeg just on ahead of us.
  • Extract from : « The Young Alaskans in the Rockies » by Emerson Hough
  • None the less, here is the muskeg, and here we are with our horses, and we must get across.
  • Extract from : « The Young Alaskans in the Rockies » by Emerson Hough
  • The muskeg, I must remind you, was drained and nothing found.
  • Extract from : « Prescott of Saskatchewan » by Harold Bindloss
  • It was a five-dollar bill on the same bank we found at the muskeg!
  • Extract from : « Prescott of Saskatchewan » by Harold Bindloss
  • To cut across the muskeg that stretched for miles would trap him.
  • Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
  • For four miles he rode, wondering at the persistence of the muskeg.
  • Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
  • Sure there wuz no ground left by raison av the muskeg at the back av it.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor » by Ralph Connor
  • Along the river in the muskeg and bush to the south we hunt.
  • Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen
  • By and by we reached Muskeg Portage, nearly a mile in length.
  • Extract from : « Through the Mackenzie Basin » by Charles Mair
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