Alaskan malamute

[ uh-las-kuhn mal-uh-myoot ]

/ əˈlæs kən ˈmæl əˌmyut /

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noun

one of an Alaskan breed of large dogs having a dense, coarse coat, raised originally by the Inuit for drawing sleds.

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Origin of Alaskan malamute

First recorded in 1935–40

Hold the Dark is set in the Alaskan wilderness, in an isolated village at the lip of the tundra.
Compliments Are Nice, but Enough With the Cormac McCarthy Comparisons|William Giraldi|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not George or Jeb—but the Great Alaskan Bush Company, a Phoenix strip club.
Strippers for Jesus|Olivia Nuzzi|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lynette Clark, a leader of the Alaskan Independence Party, said that she was encouraged by the news of out of the Badger State.
Wisconsin’s GOP Secession Panic|David Freedlander|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wanted to experience the fragile Alaskan Arctic before it becomes something else.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the summer, though, Bettles sees more tourists who come to the fly-and-mosquito infested gateway into the Alaskan wilderness.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed|Terry Greene Sterling|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Places on the Alaskan coast, laid bare at high tide, are said to have yielded as much as $12,000 per cubic yard.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge|Various
The snow line gradually sinks as one advances north-west, reaching only 2000 or 3000 ft. on the Alaskan coast.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
Here at last our travellers were destined to experience the treachery of an Alaskan river.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
The Chilkat blanket is an exception to the Alaskan Indian rule.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard
One authority, Dr. Becker, states that the beach sand all along the Alaskan coast contains enormous quantities of gold.
The Blue and The Gray|A. R. White