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Definition swamp in American English

swamp noun

[countable/uncountable] noun
/swɑmp/
1

an area of land covered by water where trees and plants grow

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It was Rep. Nancy Pelosi who famously promised to "drain the swamp " in Washington, DC during the campaign of 2006.

Definition swamp in American English