Meaning of quickmire | Babel Free

Definitions

A quagmire into which things easily sink, like into quicksand.

uncommon

Examples

“Yet the Cariages and Artillery could not passe at the Stakes, it was so soft with Quickmires,”

“[…] bold treatment of themes which at best turn out but quickmires.”

“I stepped over the side of the weasel to investigate and immediately sank over my waist in the quickmire and probably would have sunk completely except that I grabbed the side of the weasel [a boat] and hauled myself back. Then it dawned on us that we were in the midst of a sea of quickmire, which also accounted for the lack of animal tracks in the area. It was strange that this area of quickmire had never been reported by anyone to my knowledge, nor have I ever heard anyone say that quickmire existed in the Everglades.”

“[…] a safe place to weather the wet seasons when the quickmires flooded.”

“... consigning them to death in the quickmires.”

CEFR level