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Definition of Bogged
1. bog [v] - See also: bog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bogged
Literary usage of Bogged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... to the Athenian« what he proposed, and should they gain their consent, then
to do во ; but till that timo they bogged him to grout them a truce, ..."
2. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port by Ludwig Leichhardt (1847)
"... THE NATIVES OVERAWED —THE ALBERT, OR MAET SUYKER — NATIVE MODE OF MAKING SURE
OF A DEAD EMU—BULLOCK bogged ; OBLIGED TO KILL IT—NATIVE DEVICE FOR TAKING ..."
3. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"Suddenly A bogged Down Cow Overlooked by the "Bog Riders." out darts a cow, tail
and head high in the air, a wild look in her eyes and kicking out viciously ..."
4. The Snake-dance of the Moquis of Arizona, Being a Narrative of a Journey by John Gregory Bourke (1884)
"bogged—Crossing a stream—The trail found—Across the plain—A Mormon road—A dreary
waste—A sand-storm—A Mormon settlement. WHEN the preceding brief digression ..."
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