Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing or abounding in quicksands; consisting of or resembling quicksands.
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- adjective
quicksandlike
Etymologies
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quicksand + -y
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Examples
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The Pecos River is particularly dangerous on account of its quicksandy nature, and it was my custom, when having to cross the mess wagon, to send across the ramuda of two or three hundred saddle horses to tramp the river-bed solid beforehand.
Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson
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a flood of red muddy water, or a succession of small, shallow pools of a boggy, quicksandy nature, that ultimately cost us many thousands of cattle.
Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson
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