gussuk
English
Etymology
Corruption of cossack
Noun
gussuk (plural gussuks)
- (Alaska, derogatory) A white person.
- 1973, Judith Kleinfeld, A long way from home:
- We were better off before the gussuk came.
- 1996, Dana Stabenow, Blood Will Tell, →ISBN, page 89:
- The only thing ANCSA did for us was turn us into gussuks
- 2017, Craig Dirkes, Sucktown, Alaska, →ISBN, page 31:
- So, what's your deal? What's a young gussuk like you doing out here?
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