holluschickie

English

Etymology

From Russian холостяки́ (xolostjakí, “bachelors”), plural of холостя́к (xolostják, “bachelor”).

Noun

holluschickie (plural holluschickies)

1. A bachelor seal; a young male seal which is prevented from mating by its herd's older males, mated bulls defending their territory.
   • 1904, Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:

     I think I have read something about them. Dr. Jordan's book, I believe. They are the young bulls, not old enough to have harems of their own. He called them the holluschickie, or something like that.

Noun

holluschickie

1. plural of holluschick
   • 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Rhyme of the Three Sealers:

     But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go.

References

• Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska (1898, United States Department of the Treasury), volume 3, page 384