Big Muddy

noun

1. a nickname of the Missouri River.

Example Sentences

Early in their second season, the brothers clashed with CBS over cutting an antiwar song sung by guest Pete Seeger, “Knee Deep in the Big Muddy.”

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He performed his song “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy,” widely viewed as ridiculing President Lyndon Johnson for the Vietnam War.

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“I’ve got a big, muddy mess to deal with, but it could have been worse,” said Universal City resident Dave Eichhorn, who awoke Tuesday to find his backyard, on the side of a steep hill, covered in mud.

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“I’ve got a big muddy mess to deal with, but it could have been worse,” he said.

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Photos posted by the city show Hansen using a bright yellow paddle to steer a partly submerged pumpkin along the “Big Muddy” — the same river from which Lewis and Clark launched their expedition over 200 years ago.

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