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quickhatch

[ kwik-hach ]

noun

  1. a wolverine.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quickhatch1

First recorded in 1675–85; earlier quiquahatch from unattested East Cree ɾ˙ɲ˙č˙ (cognate with Cree ɾ˙ɲ˙˙, Ojibwe ɾ˙԰ɲʔ˙˙ ); carcajou, kinkajou
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The Canadian voyageurs call the wolverene “carcajou;” while among the Orkney and Scotch servants of the Hudson's Bay Company he is oftener known as the “quickhatch.”

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The Canadian voyageurs call the wolverene “carcajou;” while among the Orkney and Scotch servants of the Hudson’s Bay Company he is oftener known as the “quickhatch.”

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We also found the wolverene, or quickhatch, which had very bright colours; a larger sort of ermine than the common one, which is the same as at Nootka, varied with a brown colour, and with scarcely any black on its tail.

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