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moss-hags

moss-hags is the plural of moss-hag.

Meaning of moss-hag

Noun

moss-hag (plural moss-hags)

  1. (Scotland) A pit or slough in a bog.
    • […] now a splash would be heard, followed by a roar, as some luckless wight fell into a moss hagg […]1895, William Fraser, The Whaups of Durley, page 119

Questions about moss-hags

What is moss-hags the plural of?
Moss-hags is the plural of moss-hag.

Words near moss-hags in the dictionary

  1. moss-cheepers
  2. moss-draped
  3. moss-folk
  4. moss-grown
  5. moss-hag
  6. moss-hags
  7. moss-maiden
  8. moss-maidens
  9. moss-people
  10. moss-trooper
  11. moss-troopers

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