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Husky
[abbrev. of some early variant of Eskimo, q.v.; see 1743 quote; cf. huskimaw]
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1n. — Slang, Often Derog.
a member of a large group of North American aborigines inhabiting the Arctic and northern coastal areas from Greenland to Siberia.
See: Eskimo(def. 1)
Quotations
1743
[Among'st the Northward Indians, and Ehuskemay's they have neither of these beasts.]
1830
. . . there was a cry that the river was full of Hoskies (Esquimaux); I went to the landing place and saw six kyaks and two large skin boats full of people.
1891
He personally knew only by hearsay received information that the Eskimos, by whalers called "Huskies," lived as far south as St. Lawrence Bay.
1923
But one of the Eskimo lads replied: "Some of the huskies"--he did not hesitate to use the term--"live so far from everybody that they have never heard of God."
1952
These sky pilots . . . smash up the Huskies' religion, then they feed 'em a damn great Book we've been arguing and fighting over for about two thousand years.
2n.
the Eskimo language.
See: Eskimo(def. 2)
Quotations
1864
Carl Petersen no speak Husky. . . .
1949
"Alapah!" I would agree and hug my shoulders even though the day promised to be hot, and the old man would then rattle off some more "Husky," grinning and chuckling with delight.