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Bayou   /bˈaɪu/   Listen
Bayou

noun
(pl. bayous)
1.
A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana).





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"Bayou" Quotes from Famous Books



... Kernel Poindexter he 'low dat his dawg, Watercress wuz in de lead, full yelp at de crossin' 'buv de bayou—" ...
— Shawn of Skarrow • James Tandy Ellis
... canoe and he took me to his camp. And there I talked to his people, men and women, questioning, listening, putting this and that together, trying to discover some foundation for their persistent statements concerning men, still living in the jungles of Black Bayou, who had three eyes instead ...
— Police!!! • Robert W. Chambers
... broken one of his fore legs near the shoulder, the only place at which he could aim; a slight trail of blood was discovered on the ground, but the curs proceeded at such a rate, that we merely noticed this and put spurs to our horses, which galloped on towards the centre of the swamp. One bayou (a part of the swamp in which the water accumulates) was crossed, then another still larger and more muddy, but the dogs were brushing forward, and as the horses began to pant at a furious rate, we judged it expedient to leave them and advance on foot. These determined ...
— Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits • Thomas Bingley


Words linked to "Bayou" :   lake


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