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  • noun Plural form of malemute.

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Examples

  • In the cold grey morning light Punni Churah and the men called to the malemutes, patting their furry heads and talking kindly to them, for many a weary, long mile of snow trail stretched northward for them that day before they could rest and eat.

    A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan

  • Still he listened for the bells on the malemutes, and the calls of his Eskimo drivers.

    A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan

  • She saw him pull the fur cap down over his ears, and disappear through the tent opening to feed the howling malemutes.

    Colorado Jim George Goodchild

  • They were only a few miles from home now, and the malemutes seemed to comprehend.

    A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan

  • The great _malemutes_ ran low and true over the well-defined trail.

    The Gun-Brand 1921

  • From the fox grounds out on the Barren had come "Mad" Joe Horn behind eight huge malemutes that pulled with the strength of oxen.

    God's Country—And the Woman James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • There are no hounds, no malemutes, none of the soft-footed breeds here.

    God's Country—And the Woman James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • There are no hounds, no malemutes, none of the soft-footed breeds here.

    God's Country—And the Woman James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • There are no hounds, no malemutes, none of the soft-footed breeds here.

    God's Country—And the Woman James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • From the fox grounds out on the Barren had come "Mad" Joe Horn behind eight huge malemutes that pulled with the strength of oxen.

    God's Country—And the Woman James Oliver Curwood 1903

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