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  • noun Plural form of marigot.

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Examples

  • This country is full of large pieces of water, which the natives call marigots; the major part of which cover an immense space; but it would be easy to drain them by means of some little canals, particularly in the part near the coast.

    Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny 1818

  • During his sleep, the Moors went to look for a fruit, produced by a tree which generally grows on the sides of these lakes (marigots).

    Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny 1818

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