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pagessan pukessan < Algonk.: cf. Cree pukēsēwuk they throw (gamble) with dice For convenience several apparent cognates are listed under this entry. See note at platter.

• 1 n. usually, game of the platter.

  See also: platter  

• 2 n. See 1907 quaote at hand game.

  See also: hand game  

• 3 n. an Indian gambling game taking various forms, the winner being the player to whom falls a marked object (as a disc) mixed with several similar but unmarked objects.

  See also: lahal