Mudflat
Sand
Sand noun - A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
Both words in one sentence
- Actually a more realistic take on the trope, as the Shivering Sand is closer to a tidal mudflat, which is very dangerous and acts a bit more like quicksand-in-tropeland than quicksand in reality does.
Source: Literature / The Moonstone
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