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.]
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. [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. (Zoöl.) 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.
Fairholt.
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