Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An American corruption, in Alaskan waters, of holostiak, a young male fur-seal. See
holostiak .
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- noun A "bachelor seal"; a
holluschickie (which see).
Etymologies
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See holluschickie.
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Examples
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This cheered him immensely; and when he came back to Novastoshnah that summer, Matkah, his mother, begged him to marry and settle down, for he was no longer a holluschick but a full-grown sea-catch, with a curly white mane on his shoulders, as heavy, as big, and as fierce as his father.
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling 1900
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That cheered him immensely; and when he came back to Novastoshnah that summer, Matkah, his mother, begged him to marry and settle down, for he was no longer a holluschick, but a full-grown sea-catch, with a curly white mane on his shoulders, as heavy, as big, and as fierce as his father.
The Jungle Book. 1893
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