DCHP-3

pusky

[< Algonk.; cf. Cree pukanisīwuk party]
West
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a party.

See: pageesee(def. 2 and note),potlatch ((n.))(def. 4)
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.