Poker

·noun One who pokes.

II. Poker ·noun A poking-stick.

III. Poker ·noun The Poachard.

IV. Poker ·noun Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

V. Poker ·noun A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.

VI. Poker ·noun That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.

poker
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
poker
1) A favorite game of cards among Southern gamblers. 2) (Dan. pokker, Welsh pwca, a hobgoblin.) Any...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Poker dice
·add. ·- A game played with five dice in which the count is usually made, in order, by pairs, two pa...

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Sea poker
·- The <<Lyrie>>. ...

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