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Dismal Swamp
noun
- a swamp in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. About 30 miles (48 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1,500 sq. km).
Dismal Swamp
noun
- a coastal marshland in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina: partly reclaimed. Area: about 1940 sq km (750 sq miles). Area before reclamation: 5200 sq km (2000 sq miles)
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When winter set in with its long dark nights no ray of light illuminated this dismal swamp.
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Yet it kept off some of the chill night air, and the miasmatic breath of that “dismal swamp.”
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If History, driven upon Dismal Swamp with its horrors and perils, can get across unsunk, she will be lucky!
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Once he conceived the idea of reclaiming the Great Dismal Swamp, and actually explored it with reference to that ultimate purpose.
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Through his agency, the incorporated company known as the Dismal Swamp Company was organized.
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