The Only Use of
quagmire
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- From the end of it a small wand planted here and there showed where the path zigzagged from tuft to tuft of rushes among those green-scummed pits and foul quagmires which barred the way to the stranger.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
a difficult, complex situation -- especially one from which it is difficult to escape
or more specifically: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
or more specifically: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot