slough grass †

West

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any of several coarse grasses, Muhlenbergia spp., growing in the sloughs of the Prairies or of the interior of B.C.

Quotations

1930

Billy ran up a bunk of poles in a corner, with tough willow sticks for springs, and an armful or two of coarse slough grass for a mattress.

1951

We sat around . . . talking of range cows and tough trails, slough grass and swamp meadows. . . .