In 8 whiski-. [Corruption of the American Indian name (Cree wiskatjan, Montagnais wishkutshan).] = prec.
1772. Phil. Trans., LXII. 386. Lanius … Excubitor.… Great Butcher-bird…. Cinereous Shrike…. White Whiskijohn at Hudson’s Bay…. Corvus … Canadensis.… Cinereous Crow…. These birds are called Whiskijohn and Whiskijack at the Hudson’s Bay.
1856. R. M. Ballantyne, Fur-Traders, xi. 129. Whisky-johns are the most impudent, puffy, conceited little birds that exist.
