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whisky john|ˈhwɪskɪ dʒɒn|
In 8 whiski-; 20 wiskajon.
[Corruption of the American Indian name (Cree wiskatjan, Montagnais wishkutshan).]
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1772Phil. Trans. LXII. 386 Lanius..Excubitor... Great Butcher-bird... Cinereous Shrike... White Whiskijohn at Hudson's Bay... Corvus..Canadensis... Cinereous Crow... These birds are called Whiskijohn and Whiskijack at the Hudson's Bay. 1856Ballantyne Fur Traders xi, Whisky-johns are the most impudent, puffy, conceited, little birds that exist. 1912E. T. Seton Arctic Prairies 301 Each morning..gray Wiskajon and his mate..came wailing through the woods. |