fenny
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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2018
Finsbury Fields: the fenny or marshy ground lying north of the Moorgate of the old City walls.
From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant
Stamford, and the tongue of Lincoln's fenny shire, upon which it is situated, were passed almost in a breath.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
Dr. Hawkins hesitates whether to attribute this to the large proportion of dry and elevated district which that county possesses, or to the exemption of fenny countries generally from consumption.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various
For instance, wooded spots must be visited if you are to take certain of the Fritillaries, oak woods for the Purple Emperor and the Purple Hairstreak, fenny districts for the beautiful Swallow-tail, and so forth.
From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux
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