pokerish

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.

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?

Stiff, like a poker.