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holluschickie, n. pl., collect.|ˈhɒləstʃɪkɪ| Also holloschickie, holluschuckie. [ad. Russ. kholostyakí pl., bachelors.] Young males of the northern, Pribilof, or Alaska fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus; = bachelor 4 c.
1874,1884[see bachelor 4 c]. 1893Kipling Seven Seas (1896) 70 But he'll lie down on the killing-grounds where the holluschickie go. 1894― Jungle Bk. 97 They [sc. seals] were called the holluschickie—the bachelors. 1901Munsey's Mag. XXV. 355/1 The holluschickie who have reached the age when they contemplate matrimony. 1929Encycl. Brit. IX. 952/1 The young males or bachelors (holloschickie). |