Pokerish

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    unsafe, dangerous US, archaic, colloquial

    "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. 2
    nervous, uneasy archaic, colloquial

    "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. 3
    Stiff, like a poker.

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From poker + -ish. See poker (“evil spirit”).

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