Meaning of pokerish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. unsafe, dangerous
   US, archaic, colloquial
2. nervous, uneasy
   archaic, colloquial
3. Stiff, like a poker.

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.”

“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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