Meaning of pluff mud | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of dark, sticky, and smelly mud associated with salt marshes.

uncountable

Examples

“There is a black mud, which is found in the marshes and other places in Charleston harbour. It is called "pluff mud", and when dry it resembles this shale more nearly than any substance I have seen.”

“The third or upper bed includes the peaty deposits, yellow sands and clays, etc., etc., which overlie the pluff mud.”

“Sebbem day an' sebbem night you gorn; sebbem day an' sebbem night 'e bin dis-away: gorm up wid ma'sh-watah an' pluff-mud, daid-beat an' sleepin' like er stone on de flo' be-front de fiah!”

“A ribbon of sand and grass bisected the pluff mud, and on the other side a lovely glade opened, gleaming like an emerald.”

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