Musher

The word musher is derived from the French word 'Marche' yelled in French at the dogs in the eighteen hundreds, yet it's a Yukon Quest race symbol. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Robb was recruited two years ago just after high school and says being a musher is his first real job. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From Unalakleet, the largest town on the Iditarod trail between Anchorage and Nome, mushers drive their teams along the coast to Nome, an area of trail where storms can quickly move in from the Bering Sea and make or break a musher's dream of being an Iditarod champion.

From Unalakleet, the largest town on the Iditarod trail between Anchorage and Nome, mushers drive their teams along the coast to Nome, an area of trail where storms can quickly move in from the Bering Sea and make or break a musher's dream of being crowned champion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Iditarod trail between Anchorage and Nome, mushers drive their teams along the coast to Nome, an area of trail where storms can quickly move in from the Bering Sea and make or break a musher's dream of being crowned champion., the 2004 winner, pulled out of Kaltag 5 minutes after King. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What was once the home of champion Alaskan "musher" Jessie Arnold is now a pile of charred logs and ashes. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The team was like the "musher," lean and wild-eyed, after their four hundred miles of merciless driving. ❋ George Goodchild (N/A)

Folsom's neighbor was a famous "musher," a seasoned, self-reliant man, thoroughly accustomed to all the hazards of winter travel, but ten miles from his destination he crossed an inch-deep overflow which rendered the soles of his muk-luks slippery, and ten yards further on, where the wind had laid the glare-ice bare, he lost his footing. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

It is never difficult to forward mail in the north, for every "musher" is a postman. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

This word is not to be confounded with the Klondike "musher," though the origin of both terms may be the same; namely, the corruption of the French marche ons, to march, to walk, to "mush." ❋ Unknown (1907)

Odds are strong that the local "musher" will have one of them. ❋ Betwonrace (2010)

"musher," though the origin of both terms may be the same, namely, the corruption of the French marcher, to march, to walk, to ❋ Unknown (1907)

The dog-musher paused and nodded his head confidentially at Moosehide ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dog-musher put the rifle down solemnly, then turned and looked at his employer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dog-musher secured a club and went over to the chained animal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He sat on the step of his cabin and stared at the dog-musher, who responded with a shrug that was equally hopeless. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When this thought came to him, he began to hope that he would not be selected; but a man who had made a name as captain of a college football eleven, as a president of an athletic club, as a dog-musher and a stampeder in the Yukon, and, moreover, who possessed such shoulders as he, had no right to avoid the honour. ❋ Unknown (2010)

White Fang, near the corner of the cabin and forty feet away, was snarling with blood-curdling viciousness, not at Scott, but at the dog-musher. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His [tweeny] tash, hoodie and [foul mouth] made him a perfect example of a musher. Oi mush, lend us a tenner till me [giro] comes in? I goes to town, I whips a lush hoodie, I loves it I do! ❋ David Evans (2006)

Yeah [dawg] that was definitely a musher. I would [smash that] musher her while she [lays down] on her stomach. ❋ Anonymous19437 (2011)

"[No, you] are a [Musher]!" ❋ Kevin Lee Scott (2008)

"once [Cooter] gave her the musher, she was [begging] him for [butt sex]" ❋ Lumpy (2004)

"[Yo fam] im [mushered] from [no sleep]" ❋ Snigjie (2015)

I blew a [musher] into [the bowl] this morning and it was [wrapped] around the inside of the bowl before I even knew I'd started shitting. ❋ Mel Biggs (2008)

"Hey [musher]! how you [doin love]?" "Come on musher, it will all [be alright]." ❋ MorgzF (2006)

Gurl: [I love how] [mushy] this tastes Bro: you really are a [musher woman] ❋ Womanizer69 (2018)

Bob: I sweat to God, I'm never inviting Aunt [Muriel] to another one of my weddings. Bill: Yep, She's [one Head] [Musher] ❋ Hookedonhooks (2011)

"Yeah, she's into some really [weird shit]... Last night I gave her a sundae musher and she [spooned] it off and [ate] the whole damn thing." ❋ The Fifth Floor (2009)