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adjective

Husky adj. Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.

Husky adj. Rough in tone; harsh; hoarse; raucous; as, a husky voice.

Husky adj. Powerful; strong; burly. (Colloq., U. S.) "A good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard."

noun

Husky n. (pl. huskies)

An Eskimo. (archaic)

The Eskimo language. (archaic)

An Eskimo dog, especially a breed of strong heavy-coated dogs used to pull dogsleds in the Northern regions of North America.

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Etymology of 'Husky'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Husky" Quotes from Famous Books

... the rural messenger in his husky tones; "I'm none of your Peeping Toms." And the postman drew up his head with as much pride of office as could be assumed by a gentleman of bowed ...

— A Son of Hagar - A Romance of Our Time • Sir Hall Caine

... rose upon a pair of emphatically bowed legs and shook hands. "I'm pretty smart," he observed, in a husky voice. Then he sat down again. Galusha, after waiting a moment, sat down also. Primmie seemed to be wrestling with a mental problem, but characteristically she could not ...

— Galusha the Magnificent • Joseph C. Lincoln

... said Dick Bannock, with his voice sounding husky out of the darkness; and there was silence, broken only by a groan or two for a few minutes, during which Mark, feeling the terrible responsibility of his position, tried to make some plan as to his future proceedings, ...

— The Black Bar • George Manville Fenn

... answers in a husky voice, as if very dry, "It is my nature to; that's all you know, turning us to moral purposes, and making us a tiresome metaphor. We are much like you human creatures—only we don't compare ourselves continually with others. We just ...

— The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 - A Typographic Art Journal • Various

... had bidden all his liege lords and vassals— Hubert the Husky, Edward the Earwig, Rollo the ...

— Nonsense Novels • Stephen Leacock

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