quaking bog

American  

noun

1. a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.

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quaking bog

The woods into which The Southerner had flopped is dense, cut-over timber, growing out of a dank, quaking bog.

From Time Magazine Archive

An extended mass which seems to lack solidity or cohesion is said to quake; as, a quaking bog.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

Now that we know how to camp on solid ground and on the quaking bog we cannot finish up the subject of stilt camps without including one over-water camp.

From Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by Daniel Carter Beard

Tom obeyed without a word, and glancing neither to the right nor left, the two boys walked heavily back over the dry surface of the quaking bog, so as to reach their boat.

From Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp by George Manville Fenn

"Anyhow, there will be solid ground at the bottom, not a quaking bog."

From Three Margarets by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry