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malemute
[< Malemiut, an Eskimo people of western Alaska]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a sled-dog of a type first bred by the Malemiut Eskimos.
See: Eskimo dog
Quotations
1874
[Maglemut]
1898
I have the first man to find in the country who owns a dog, it matters not whether he is malamute, husky, St. Bernard, or even a short-haired, measly, little mongrel, that won't tell you he is the best leader in the country; yes, and believe it himself.
1924
Each [Eskimo] family owned its five or six malemutes, which were tied at intervals to a rope pegged to the ground.
1960
Some trappers . . . use dog teams to tend their territory. Oliver's six sturdy malemutes enable him to cover up to 20 miles a day.