holluschick
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of holluschick
First recorded in 1870–75; earlier holluschickie collective plural, from Russian kholostyakí, plural of kholostyák literally, “bachelor”
Example Sentences
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The holluschickie are the tamest, gentlest creatures in the world.
From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
The old people in the nurseries took no notice of them, and the holluschickie kept to their own grounds, so the babies had a beautiful playtime.
From The jungle book by Kipling, Rudyard
The Devil is driving both this tide, and the killing-grounds are close, And we'll go up to the Wrath of God as the holluschickie goes.
From Verses 1889-1896 by Kipling, Rudyard
The Russians must have sent a vessel to take off the killers after the last drive of the season a day or two before, for the holluschickie were quite fresh.
From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Bindloss, Harold
Every one will attack a holluschickie who has once been attacked.
From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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