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to swamp
To plunge into 'inextricable difficulties.--Webster. To whelm or sink as in a swamp.--Todd. The form...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-hen
n. an Australasian bird, Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. (often incorrectlyshortened to Melanotus). Ca...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-mahogany
n. a timber tree, Eucalyptusbotryoides, Sm. See Gum and Mahogany. 1886. T. Heney, `Fortunate Days,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-oak
n. 1) A broomlike leguminous shrubor small tree, Viminaria denudata, Sm. (also called Swamp-broom)....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-pheasant
n. called also Pheasant-cuckoo. Another name for the Coucal (q.v.). 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-sparrow
n. a nickname in New Zealandfor the Fern-bird (q.v.). 1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-pink
(Lat. Azalea Viscosa.) A popular name for the Wild Honeysuckle.--Bigelow's Plants of Boston. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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i swamp it!
An interjection of the same meaning as I swan! which see. Had that darn'd old vessel--that frigate ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.