ruskie, rooskie, ruskinouna basketla17-. etymology: Scots Gaelic rúsgan ‘a circular dish made of roots, a circular basket of twigs and straw’; rooskie, ruski forms are attested in Shelta; forms ruskie and rooskie attested by Galloway and Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies and BS in TDITA; ruskie collected by EMcC/PSnote:
Form ruskie attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013) with the same meaning.