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pusky
[< Algonk.; cf. Cree pukanisīwuk party]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a party.
Perhaps derived from the name of a gambling game, the featured attraction of many such parties.
Quotations
1903
He said he would pay for everything--all we could eat and drink--and that the pusky should be held the night after to-morrow. He will come himself and dance the Red River Jig.