musquash

American  

[muhs-kwosh] / ˈmʌs kwɒʃ /

noun

1. Chiefly British. the fur of the muskrat.

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musquash British  

/ ˈmʌskwɒʃ /

noun

1. another name for muskrat , used esp to refer to its fur

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Etymology

Origin of musquash

1770–80, < Massachusett cognate of Western Abenaki mòskwas (perhaps equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *mo·ŝk- bobbing above the surface of the water + *-exkwe· head + derivational elements, i.e., the one whose head bobs above the water)

Example Sentences

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musquash

In Great Britain a musquash pelt is worth only about a shilling.

From Time Magazine Archive

He did not like him, and declared that all he said "was not worth talk about a musquash."

From Canoeing in the wilderness by Thoreau, Henry David

But here musquash has dived off into the water for the express purpose of throwing a possible pursuer off the scent.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

In France they do well with cheaper skins, such as musquash, rabbit and hare, which they dye in addition to dressing.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Hold on there, Elmer," exclaimed Lil Artha; "bring on your musquash.

From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan