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powiskie noun a pistol, a gun 19-20. etymology: possibly onomatopoeic; but perhaps a development of puscha ‘a gun’ recorded by Borrow from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies; also collected by Simson (1865) and attested by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies note:

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

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