fenny

Example Sentences

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“The fenny has dried up,” Mr. Kenwood said.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

Stamford, and the tongue of Lincoln's fenny shire, upon which it is situated, were passed almost in a breath.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Fenchurch-street, from a fenny or moorish ground by a river side.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

East Friesland, as its name shews, is Frisian also; although, with a few exceptional localities in the very fenny districts, the language has been replaced by the German.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Geese love water and marshy places, and Lincolnshire, which is a fenny place, is famous for breeding them.

From Mamma's Stories about Birds by Leathley, Mary Elizabeth Southwell Dudley