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Nov 29, 2009
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quag•mire



Pronunciation: (kwag'mīur", kwog'-), [key]
—n.
1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness.
3. anything soft or flabby.

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