DCHP-1 Online
polecat † 
n.
See also: skunk ((n.))
- 1778 (1962) The articles which they [Nootka Indians] offered to sale were skins of various animals, such as bears, wolves, foxes, deer, racoons, polecats, martens, and in particular, the sea otters. . . .
- 1786 The pole-cat, whose stinking properties have become proverbial, is of two or three kinds. . . .
- 1896 We were just about to hazard some guess, allowing for an owl, or polecat, or other night prowler. . . .
- 1966 [Headline] There's a Poverty of Polecats in Nova Scotia.
- 1778 (1962) The articles which they [Nootka Indians] offered to sale were skins of various animals, such as bears, wolves, foxes, deer, racoons, polecats, martens, and in particular, the sea otters. . . .