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frogland|ˈfrɒglænd| [f. frog1 + land n.1] Marshy land in which frogs abound, as the Fens, Holland, etc. In quots. attrib. only.
1721Ramsay Tartana xxxiii, May she be curst to starve in frogland fens. 1830Scott Auchindrane i. i, A Netherlander, One of our Frogland friends. So ˈfroglander, slang, a Dutchman.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Frog-landers, Dutch-men. 1867in Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. |