Hypertext Webster Gateway: "holluschickie"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Holluschickie \Hol"lus*chick`ie\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ.
goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui[i^]
naked.] (Zo["o]l.)
A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old;
-- called also {bachelor}, because prevented from breeding by
the older full-grown males.
Note: The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be
killed for their skins.
But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where
the holluschickie go. --Kipling.
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