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a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush
  • flushed a pheasant from a thicket of willows

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“Thicket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicket. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.

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