quickmire
quickmire noun: a quagmire into which things easily sink, like into quicksand.
Noun
quickmire (plural quickmires)
- A quagmire into which things easily sink, like into quicksand.
- Yet the Cariages and Artillery could not passe at the Stakes, it was so soft with Quickmires,1864 (printed), "Off the Warre in Lancashire … in the tyme of the intestine warr that was betweene the late King Charles and the Parliament", in Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the...
- […] bold treatment of themes which at best turn out but quickmires.1925, The Hindustan Review, volumes 49-50, page 134
Examples of quickmire in a sentence
- Then it dawned on us that we were in the midst of a sea of quickmire, which also accounted for the lack of animal tracks in the area.1946, Monthly Review of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, section on Border Patrol scouting the Everglades, page 8
- […] a safe place to weather the wet seasons when the quickmires flooded.1991, Mike Jefferies, Glitterspike Hall, page 16:
- ... consigning them to death in the quickmires.2015, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, Andre Norton, Black Trillium:
Forms of quickmire
| plural | quickmires |
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Questions about quickmire
- What does quickmire mean?
- Quickmire means a quagmire into which things easily sink, like into quicksand.
- How do you use quickmire in a sentence?
- Then it dawned on us that we were in the midst of a sea of quickmire, which also accounted for the lack of animal tracks in the area.
- What part of speech is quickmire?
- Quickmire is a noun.
- What is the plural of quickmire?
- The plural of quickmire is quickmires.
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