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poskie, poskay noun a policeman 20. Compare pooskie etymology: origin obscure; perhaps a development from Shelta puski ‘a gun’ or powiskie ‘a gun’; only attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies note:

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