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quawk
[< Esk.
quaq
frozen meat]
Arctic
n.
uncooked frozen meat or fish.
1942
 
The [caribou] rump is usually eaten as kwark, or frozen meat.
1947
 
The fish are thus eaten without cooking, and the mess is called quawk.