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husky ((1))
[< Husky, q.v.]
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n.
one of an aboriginal breed of dog, Canis familiaris borealis, probably originating in Siberia, trained by the Eskimo to draw sleds and carry packs.
Quotations
1852
[On his way to the ship [the dog] was kidnapped by the natives, and not being of a pure huski breed, would most likely be prized by them.]
1872
The "huskie," or Esquimaux dogs . . . are only fed once a day, that is in the evening, the meal consisting of fish or about a pound of pemmican.
1924
On the Arctic tundras the "Huskies" use long runner-sleds with the little short-legged "husky" dogs who can run all day over the iron-like crusted snow.
1966
Even Whitehorse city dogs, jealously maddened by the adulation that the visiting sled-dogs were receiving, fell upon Washington's two huskies and reduced them to a state, nigh onto hamburger.