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The bog itself is surrounded by a dense shrub-carr swamp thicket that has to be penetrated.—
Brian E. Clark,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
7 July 2017
Word History
Etymology
Middle English ker, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjarr underbrush