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malamute|ˈmæləmjuːt|
Also malemut(e).
[The name of an Eskimo people living on the Alaskan coast.]
A large grey or black and white dog with a thick coat, pointed ears, and a plumed tail curling over its back, belonging to the spitz breed so called, which first developed in Alaska. Also attrib.
[1874Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 27 Maglemut.] 1898Klondike Nugget (Dawson, Yukon Territory) 20 July 3/2 After appointing a committee to keep stray Malamoots and donkeys off the diamond, the game was called. 1898Yukon Midnight Sun (Dawson, Yukon Territory) 1 Oct. 2/5, I have the first man to find in the country who owns a dog, it matters not whether he is malamute, husky,..or little mongrel. 1908St. Nicholas Mar. 387/2 Few pure malamutes..are now employed in the mail service. 1913Outing Feb. 521/1 Sitting among a litter of Malamute puppies. 1922G. C. F. Pringle Tillicums of Trail 84, I first picked on a big grey-muzzled malemute named Steal as a likely fellow to lead... All malemutes are born thieves, some men think. 1934Times Educ. Suppl. 15 Sept. p. iv/2 These Arctic or sub-Arctic dogs—huskies, malamutes, Samoyeds..are wonderful in their strength, powers of endurance, and stoutness of heart. 1948Chicago Tribune 23 Feb. iv. 1/6 Along with the Eskimos will be a representation of the Malemute sled dogs that provide the only motive power available to Eskimos. 1952M. K. Wilson tr. Lorenz's King Solomon's Ring x. 117 The purest wolf-dogs that exist are certain breeds of Arctic America, particularly the so-called malemuts, huskies etc. 1955Reader's Digest (Austral.) Dec. 122/2 This malemute was bitten by a mad red fox. 1962M. E. Murie Two in Far North i. vi. 51 Long strings of Malemutes lope down the streets. 1971F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 569 The Malamute must give an impression of great strength and tremendous propelling power. |