fenny

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

I observed but few of them, and these seemed not concerned; which is the more remarkable, as in the fenny counties of England it is said to be most troublesome.

From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose

It is an old bowyer's rede that the second feather of a fenny goose is better than the pinion of a tame one.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Specimens of these old bone skates are occasionally dug up in fenny parts of Great Britain.

From Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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