miry
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According to the historian Edward Hasted, writing in the 1770s, Cooling was “an unfrequented place, the roads of which are deep and miry, and it is as unhealthy as it is unpleasant.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2018
Without access to the inter-stage area, which turns the miry walk between the two main stages into a comparatively short hop, the following would not be possible.
From Time ● Jul. 7, 2014
Hooray!' yelled Bobby, striking such a whack on Brindle's heaving side that she settled the matter by suddenly lying down to roll, and depositing her encumbrances in the miry ditch.
From A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil
One was a miner in miry long boots and soil-stained jean, the other a girl in a light dress.
From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss
He did not go far, for he soon got into a miry place.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
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