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quagmire definition

quag·mire (kwag′mīr′, kwäg′-)

noun

  1. wet, boggy ground, yielding under the foot
  2. a difficult or inextricable position a quagmire of debts

Etymology: quag + mire

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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