DCHP-3

puskaway

[< Algonk.; cf. Cree puskaweyao he leads him astray]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

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Quotations

1864
Fond of gambling, in fact all kinds of pastime, a favorite sport of theirs is the Game of Ball or as they call it Pusk-a­way--the delight alike of children, the women, and the men.