DCHP-3

ponasking

[cf. ponask]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

See 1963 quote.

See: ponask

Quotations

1944
Thus were the two pieces of duck held up to the blaze and heat. "That's called 'ponasking,' Dave," said the old trapper. . . .
1963
"Poonasking" is a method of cooking before a campfire by splitting meat or game, impaling on a pointed stick, where it is quickly roasted from the intense heat.