plashy
Americanadjective
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wet or marshy
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splashing or splashy
Etymology
Origin of plashy
Example Sentences
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I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
“Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole — would that be it?”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2015
He looked up; sudden, plashy drops smote his face.
From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
The turf was damp and plashy, and in some places partook so much of the character of a swamp, that the horsemen were obliged to alter their course.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Miss Marty gazed at the flowers, which seem to nod and beckon; then at the stream; then at the plashy shore; lastly at her shoes.
From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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