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polecat†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See: skunk ((n.))
Quotations
1778
The articles which they [Nootka Indians] offered to sale were skins of various animals, such as bears, wolves, foxes, deer, racoons, polecats, martens, and in particular, the sea otters. . . .
1786
The pole-cat, whose stinking properties have become proverbial, is of two or three kinds. . . .
1896
We were just about to hazard some guess, allowing for an owl, or polecat, or other night prowler. . . .
1966
[Headline] There's a Poverty of Polecats in Nova Scotia.