"pluff mud" meaning in English

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          "ref": "[1848, M. Tuomey, chapter VI, in Report on the Geology of South Carolina […] , Columbia S. C.: A. S. Johnston, page 136:",
          "text": "There is a black mud, which is found in the marshes and other places in Charleston harbour. It is called \"pluff mud\", and when dry it resembles this shale more nearly than any substance I have seen.",
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          "ref": "1868, N. A. Pratt, Ashley River Phosphates […] , Philadelphia: Inquirer Book & Job Print, page 11:",
          "text": "The third or upper bed includes the peaty deposits, yellow sands and clays, etc., etc., which overlie the pluff mud.",
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          "ref": "1906 October 2, John Bennett, chapter XVIII, in The Treasure of Peyre Gaillard […] , New York: The Century Co., →ISBN, page 141:",
          "text": "Sebbem day an' sebbem night you gorn; sebbem day an' sebbem night 'e bin dis-away: gorm up wid ma'sh-watah an' pluff-mud, daid-beat an' sleepin' like er stone on de flo' be-front de fiah!",
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          "text": "A ribbon of sand and grass bisected the pluff mud, and on the other side a lovely glade opened, gleaming like an emerald.",
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