peat bog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of peat bog
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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A Bronze Age shield found in a peat bog has been returned to Scotland for the first time in more than 230 years.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
He grew up a farmer, and when he founded a golf course here 30 years ago, his favorite part was moving dirt around what had once been a peat bog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
He noted that “holdover” is also used to describe peat bog fires that burn many feet below the surface for weeks or months, even under snowpack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
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
Paths there are that the fenmen know, winding through mere and peat bog and swamp, but no host can win through them; and perhaps those marches are safer borders than even the sea.
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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