Etymology
Origin of sedgy
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at sedge, -y 1
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It was cold there on that sedgy little island, and they shivered, their clothes sodden with mud; only the babies, the little twins, were dry and warm in their basket.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
Two hours' desperate riding over flooded creeks, through forest and flat, rocky ridge and sedgy morass, brought him to Omeo.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
Thereupon they all three journeyed forth together, until they came to a sedgy marsh, and there they found a white man.
From Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental by Charles John Tibbitts
A plover was faintly calling from the sedgy shore on the other side.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
In May we found them singly, those shot then being all drakes rising from small sedgy pools.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck
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