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  • noun Plural form of husky.

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Examples

  • Scotch stag hounds and "huskies" -- the latter, of course, he procured from the Eskimos.

    The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

  • Almost all of us are Alaskan huskies, which is not a recognized breed but more like a brotherhood of dogs who love to pull things.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • He was of the mixed northern breed whose members are called huskies, but he was bigger and heavier than most huskies and weighed just upon a hundred pounds.

    Jan A Dog and a Romance 1912

  • Joe Angell had been up in the lumber country, and could tell what was the mood of the real workers, the "huskies" of the timberlands.

    100\%: the Story of a Patriot Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Joe Angell had been up in the lumber country, and could tell what was the mood of the real workers, the "huskies" of the timberlands.

    100% : The Story of a Patriot 1920

  • Except the dogs of the Factor's train, there were few real "huskies," as Eskimo dogs are called, for most of the brutes were the usual sharp-nosed, heavy-coated mongrels that in the Strong Woods Country go by the name of _giddes_; some, however, had been sired by wolves.

    The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

  • Even the fierce "huskies" had become tame, and liked to be upset and tousled about and dragged on their backs growling fierce but mock protest.

    The Silent Places 1904

  • In addition to the typical "island dog," we saw "atypical" breeds such as huskies, chows, pit bulls, cockers and Labs.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Eileen Mitchell 2010

  • "Winners always quit, quitters always win; quit while your ahead; there is no" I "in quit (or maybe there is no 'me' in quit); won't get fooled again" Mush, you huskies!

    Palin involved in another scheduling mishap 2009

  • Even the big bald-face grew clumsy and blind and quarrelsome, in the end to be dragged down by a handful of yelping huskies.

    THE LAW OF LIFE 2010

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