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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An American corruption, in Alaskan waters, of holostiak, a young male fur-seal. See holostiak.
Wiktionary
- n. A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie (which see).
Etymologies
- See holluschickie. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
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