fenny

Example Sentences

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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

Finsbury Fields: the fenny or marshy ground lying north of the Moorgate of the old City walls.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

It is fenny no longer, and the path has become for three-fourths of its length a somewhat dreary street through the dingy suburb of "Romsey Town."

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward

He cut canals, with vast labor and expense, through all the low eastern parts of Britain, at the same time draining those fenny countries, and promoting communication and commerce.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Stamford, and the tongue of Lincoln's fenny shire, upon which it is situated, were passed almost in a breath.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison