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Plashy (adjective)
plashy [ plash-ee ]


adjective, plash·i·er, plash·i·est.
1. marshy; wet.
2. splashing.

Origin: First recorded in 1545–55; plash + -y

HOW TO USE PLASHY IN A SENTENCE
Roads all plashy or running with water, oozes full, and rivulets overflowing; rocks of dolomite jutting out here and there.
THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, IN CENTRAL AFRICA, FROM 1865 TO HIS DEATH, VOLUME I (OF 2), 1866-1868|DAVID LIVINGSTONE

They found it a plashy, swampy place, prolific in mangroves and true ferns, with here and there a cultivated patch.
THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON|THOMAS WRIGHT

It was one of those peculiarly "plashy" jobs in which any child would delight.
THOMAS HARDY'S DORSET|ROBERT THURSTON HOPKINS

Plashy meadows and marshes are also favourite feeding grounds; and here the lapwing makes "game" for an army of gunners.
POACHERS AND POACHING|JOHN WATSON

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