Definitions
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- n. A pit where marl has been dug.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Apit where marl is dug.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A pit where marl is dug.
Etymologies
Examples
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After I had left the meadows, I crossed the corn-fields in the way to our house, and passed close by a deep marlpit.
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes
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'It was well earned,' said Puck, throwing some leaves into the still water of the marlpit.
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This is sadder and darker than the Volaterrae end because of an old marlpit full of black water, where weepy, hairy moss hangs round the stumps of the willows and alders.
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This is sadder and darker than the ‘Volaterrae’ end because of an old marlpit full of black water, where weepy, hairy moss hangs round the stumps of the willows and alders.
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‘It was well earned,’ said Puck, throwing some leaves into the still water of the marlpit.
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Leaving Banner's marlpit to the left, we proceed up a narrow lane crossing the old Bromsgrove road, and up to the turnpike at the five ways in the road to Hales Owen.
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