Synonyms:
quicksand
Meaning: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
Synonyms:
quicksand
Meaning: a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
Usage examples
Such recourse was insufficient to the denizens of Quicksand.
At best he was a loafer and a nuisance; at worst he was the Terror of Quicksand.
The plan was to accomplish the downfall of the Quicksand Terror without loss to the attacking party, if possible.
Later, his smile became crooked, the left side of his mouth slanting upward, and Quicksand got ready to stand from under.
He had decided that Calliope Catesby should no more wake the echoes of Quicksand with his strident whoop. He had so announced.
More magnanimous than Nero, he would thus give musical warning of the forthcoming municipal upheaval that Quicksand was scheduled to endure.
Inspired by his own barbarous melodies and the contents of his jug, he was ready primed to gather fresh laurels from the diffident brow of Quicksand.
Encircled and criss-crossed with cartridge belts, abundantly garnished with revolvers, and copiously drunk, he poured forth into Quicksand's main street.
The din was perforated at intervals by the /staccato/ of the Terror's guns, and was drowned periodically by the brazen screech that Quicksand knew so well.