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  • noun Plural form of wolverine.

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Examples

  • While Battle Creek's Gen. George Custer did call his troops "wolverines," as they prepared for the Toledo War with Ohio, we were given our nickname prior to that.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

  • As snow piles up around our house, my thoughts often drift out to the open tundra where the reindeer search for lichen, and to the hills beyond where the bears are, and the foxes and wolverines.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • The wolverines were hilarious -- well, if you find biting, snarling, and trying to sit on each other (not, ehm, mount, but seriously trying to push each other around with their massive girth) funny.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010

  • Yeah, I guess you could say that in the same way that getting cancer of the eyes could suck or being mauled by a pack of rabid wolverines could suck.

    The Twilight Problem: Why Metered Broadband Could Suck 2009

  • The last time wolverines were known to live in Colorado, Theodore Roosevelt had just died and women had not yet won the right to vote.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: June 19, 2009 2009

  • I admit I would probably prefer beavers to wolverines but perhaps someday trapping will be restored to it's former glory in Michigan.

    On The Detroit River: Beavers Are Back After Long Absence 2009

  • Herding Cats and dogs and cows and chickens and goats and wolverines … ..

    Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Herding Cats 2010

  • Where early travelers saw sharp-tailed grouse, bison, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, numerous beaver and even wolverines, today they see dust, feral horses, and noxious weeds including cheatgrass, halogeton and Russian thistle.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • I admit I would probably prefer beavers to wolverines but perhaps someday trapping will be restored to it's former glory in Michigan.

    On The Detroit River: Beavers Are Back After Long Absence 2009

  • I've seen wolverines that were nicer creatures than this pile of talking excrement.

    Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: They Baffle Science! Tallulah Morehead 2010

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