everglade
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of everglade
Example Sentences
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I have only a short time to be out," objected Cora, "and perhaps some other time I will come to see your everglade.
From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Penrose, Margaret
The spot on the edge of an everglade.
From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne
I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
From Before Adam by London, Jack
Possibly in the midst of some Florida everglade, making a noise like a piece of meat in order to snare crocodiles.
From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Picking a path as they went on Jack and his companions pushed into the deep everglade, the lush undergrowth sometimes quite impeding their progress, and making their advance very slow.
From The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island by Burleigh, Cyril
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