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In some senses, pokerish is marked as archaic, US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
pokerish
adj 3
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2ADJ.
kind
VERB + POKERISH
feel, looked
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adj
1
unsafe, 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.
2
nervous, 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?
3
Stiff, like a poker.
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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.
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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?
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