quickmire

plural quickmires

1. uncommonA quagmire into which things easily sink, like into quicksand.

   ... consigning them to death in the quickmires.

   2015, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, Andre Norton, Black Trillium

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

   1864 (printed), "Off the Warre in Lancashire … in the tyme of the intestine warr that was betweene the late King Charles and the Parliament", in Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, volume 62, page 57

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

   1925, The Hindustan Review, volumes 49-50, page 134

   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.

   1946, Monthly Review of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, section on Border Patrol scouting the Everglades, page 8

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

   1991, Mike Jefferies, Glitterspike Hall, page 16