About The Word Poker
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Poker
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What's The Definition Of Poker?
[n] any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
[n] fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire Synonyms | Synonyms for Poker: fire hook | poker game | salamander | stove poker Related Terms | Find terms related to Poker: andiron | chain | coal tongs | crane | crook | damper | fire hook | fire tongs | firedog | grate | grating | grid | griddle | gridiron | grill | griller | lifter | pothook | salamander | spit | tongs | tripod | trivet | turnspit See Also | card game | cards | draw | draw poker | fire iron | high-low | penny ante | penny ante poker | straight poker | strip poker | stud | stud poker Poker In Webster's Dictionary \Pok"er\, n. [From {Poke} to push.]
1. One who pokes.
2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal
bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.
3. A poking-stick. --Decker.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]
{Poker picture}, a picture formed in imitation of
bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood
with a heated poker or other iron.
\Pok"er\, n. [Of uncertain etymol.] A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. --Johnson's Cyc. \Pok"er\, n. [Cf. Dan. pokker the deuce, devil, also W. pwci, a hobgoblin, bugbear, and E. puck.] Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. [Colloq. U. S.] |
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