bayou
Collocations
4ADJ.
light
VERB + BAYOU
found, gun, lived, welcome
BAYOU + NOUN
it's, louisiana, town
PREP.
from, in, in
Definitions
noun
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
You natural persons old and young! / You on the Mississippi and on all the branches and bayous of the Mississippi! / You friendly boatmen and mechanics! you roughs!
A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
At that time I had no staff officer who could be trusted with that duty. In the woods, at a short distance below the clearing, I found a depression, dry at the time, but which at high water became a slough or bayou.
name
A surname.
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6You natural persons old and young! / You on the Mississippi and on all the branches and bayous of the Mississippi! / You friendly boatmen and mechanics! you roughs!
WiktionaryAt that time I had no staff officer who could be trusted with that duty. In the woods, at a short distance below the clearing, I found a depression, dry at the time, but which at high water became a s
WiktionaryA corpse was found at the bayou just yesterday.
Tatoeba · #2755209Sami is from the bayou.
Tatoeba · #6575270Sami lived in a bayou town in Louisiana.
Tatoeba · #6698263"What's the Bayou State?" "It's Louisiana."
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