DCHP-3

ragged jacket

Nfld
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a harp seal more than six weeks old.

Quotations

1880
The young when first born, are called by the Newfoundland sealers "White Coats," later during the first moult, "Ragged Jackets". . . .
1883
At the end of six weeks, the young shed their white woolly robe, which has a yellowish or golden lustre, and a smooth, spotted skin appears, having a rough, darkish fur. They [harp seal] have now ceased to be "White-coats," and become "ragged jackets."