marsh buggy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marsh buggy
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Across the way, the long arm of a “marsh buggy” excavator plunges deep in the muck, and the sucking resistance of the marsh as the machine draws out the bucket threatens to tip over the floating platform.
From New York Times
Last week, along the Bayou Lafourche, gauping Cajuns watched Engineer Lane's "Marsh Buggy" trundle across quaking fens, swish through deep water, climb over bushes and hummocks.
From Time Magazine Archive
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