A Dictionary of the English Language
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Quaggy

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Quaggy. adj. [from quagmire.] Boggy; soft; not solid. Ains. This word is somewhere too in Clarissa.

Sources: Ainsworth, Robert (56) · Richardson, Samuel (11)

Attributes: Adjective (426)

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