bog in
Britishverb
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to start energetically on a task
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to start eating; tuck in
Example Sentences
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Vittrup Man is the nickname of a Stone Age skeleton recovered from a peat bog in Northwest Denmark, dating to between 3300-3100 BC.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
The presence of wisdom teeth suggest the Tollund Man was at least 20 years old when he died in Denmark’s Bjældskovdal bog in Jutland, but researchers think he was actually between 30 and 40.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 6, 2024
Ms Allen added: "Healthy bogs can provide a nature-based solution to climate change, so it’s fantastic that this bog in County Tyrone is now part of that."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2021
A judge granted custody to her father, David Duarte, and Ms. Alvin moved into the family’s old barn on a cranberry bog in Martha’s Vineyard.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2013
By the head of St. Peter, I would blush to be seen in his company, if I were in the wildest bog in Ireland, with nothing but an old crow as spectator.”
From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick
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