pokerish
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).
Adjective
[edit]pokerish (comparative more pokerish, superlative most pokerish)
- (US, archaic, colloquial) unsafe, dangerous
- 1860, William Taylor Adams, Little By Little[1]:
- 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.
- (archaic, colloquial) nervous, uneasy
- 1894, Edward S. Ellis, Brave Tom[2]:
- 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?
- Stiff, like a poker.