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jackash
[< Algonk.: ? Cree atchakas genitals]
Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the North American mink, Mustela vison.
See: foutereau
Quotations
1473
Jackashes is the size, shape, make & colour of a martin, Excepting the tail, not being so Bushy and full of hair.
1795
I never saw a hollow tree that was capable of affording shelter to any larger animal than martins, jackashes, or wejacks; much less the quiquehatch or Bear, as some have asserted.
1907
Jackash. A name of the American mink . . . in use in the fur country. . . .