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pusky [< Algonk.; cf. Cree pukanisīwuk party] West

• n. a party.

  See also: 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.

  • 1903  (1913)  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.