Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The American glutton, carcajou, or wolverene, Gulo luscus. Also
queequehatch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The wolverine.
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- noun Canada The
wolverine .
Etymologies
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From East Cree *kwiihkwahaacheew (modern Cree ᑮᐦᑲᐧᐦᐋᐦᑫᐤ (kîhkwahâhkêw, "wolverine"); compare Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage), assimilated to quick + hatch.
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Examples
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Orkney and Scotch servants of the Hudson's Bay Company he is oftener known as the "quickhatch."
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Orkney and Scotch servants of the Hudson's Bay Company he is oftener known as the "quickhatch."
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
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We also found the wolverene, or quickhatch, which had very bright colours; a larger sort of ermine than the common one, which is the same as at Nootka, varied with a brown colour, and with scarcely any black on its tail.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
sionnach commented on the word quickhatch
wolverine
October 19, 2008