pokerish

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adjective

unsafe, dangerous

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivepokerish (comparative more pokerish, superlative most pokerish)

comparative more pokerish · superlative most pokerish

  1. USarchaiccolloquialunsafe, dangerous

    John even went so far as to admit that it "looked kind of pokerish," and he was glad they were in so comfortable a place.

    1860, William Taylor Adams, Little By Little
  2. archaiccolloquialnervous, uneasy

    I wish Uncle Jed hadn't said what he did," he mused, when fairly beyond the town, "it makes me feel kind of pokerish; why didn't I think to bring my gun along?

    1894, Edward S. Ellis, Brave Tom
  3. Stiff, like a poker.

Origin

From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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