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pooskie, poosky coul noun a gamekeeper: He [the dog] would immediately dive into the tent and crawl under the straw of a bed, as soon as I or any of us said ‘Hornies binging’ [police coming] or ‘Pooskie binging’ [keeper coming]. 20. Compare poskie, cowl etymology: origin obscure but perhaps a development from Scots poustie ‘power, strength, force, authority, control’ or from powiskie; attested by BW note:

Grellmann (1787) collected the form puʃchka ‘A Muʃ’ket’ from Continenetal gipsies.

Cited by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) in the form pooskie cowl ‘a gamekeeper’.