A native of Michigan.
1835. Here too we saw the skin of a Wolverine, an animal partaking about equally of the nature of fox and wolf, from which the people of Michigan get the soubriquet of Wolverines.—C. R. Gilman, ‘Life on the Lakes,’ i. 158 (N.Y., 1836).
1839. The Wolvereens close side by side.—Cadiz Sentinel, Nov. 20.
1840. “Pride, sloth, and silken ease,” find no favor in the eyes of the fierce, reckless, hard-handed Wolverine.—Mrs. Kirkland, ‘A New Home,’ p. 235.
1842. The Wolverine in his log-hut need not blush for a penchant which has been sanctioned and rendered classical by the heroic example of Richard the lion-hearted.—The same, ‘Forest Life,’ i. 86.
1848. See SUCKER.
1861. The “Wolvarines” were awake for the peril and ready for duty.—O. J. Victor, ‘The History … of the Southern Rebellion,’ i. 162.
