holluschick

[ hol-uhs-chik ]

noun

, plural hol·lus·chick·ie [hol, -, uh, s-chik-ee].

1. a young male fur seal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of holluschick¹

First recorded in 1870–75; earlier holluschickie collective plural, from Russian kholostyakí, plural of kholostyák literally, “bachelor”

Example Sentences

Then they were spot on for their final 12 spellings combined, acing dark-corner-of-the-dictionary stuff like “thymelici,” ”encaenia,” ”skandhas,” ”sdrucciola” and “holluschick.”

From Washington Times

That cheered him immensely; and when he came back to Novastoshnah that summer, Matkah, his mother, begged him to marry and settle down, for he was no longer a holluschick, but a full-grown sea-catch, with a curly white mane on his shoulders, as heavy, as big, and as fierce as his father.

From Project Gutenberg

This cheered him immensely; and when he came back to Novastoshnah that summer, Matkah, his mother, begged him to marry and settle down, for he was no longer a holluschick but a full-grown sea-catch, with a curly white mane on his shoulders, as heavy, as big, and as fierce as his father.

From Project Gutenberg