holluschickie

holluschickie is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males. The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins. But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. Kipling.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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