1) A favorite game of cards among Southern gamblers.
2) (Dan. pokker, Welsh pwca, a hobgoblin.) Any frightful object, especially in the dark; a bugbear; a word in common use in America.--Webster.
·noun One who pokes. II. Poker ·noun A poking-stick. III. Poker ·noun The <<Poachard>>. IV. Poker...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A sword. Fore pokers; aces and kings at cards. To burn your poker; to catch the venereal disease. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·add. ·- A game played with five dice in which the count is usually made, in order, by pairs, two pa...
·- The <<Lyrie>>. ...