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1. poker
   [n] - fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle 2. [n] - any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
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2. Poker
   Pok'er noun [ 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. (Zoology)
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3. Poker
   Pok'er noun [ Of uncertain etymol.] A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. Johnson's Cyc.
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4. Poker
   Pok'er noun [ Confer Danish pokker the deuce, devil, also W. pwci , a hobgoblin, bugbear, and English puck .] Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear. [ Colloq. U. S.]
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5. poker
   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. ... 4. <zoology> The poachard. Poker picture, a picture formed in imitation of bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood with a he...
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6. poker
   stove poker noun fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
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7. poker
   poker game noun any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
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8. Poker
   • (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. • (n.) One who pokes. • (n.) That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals. • (n.) The poachard. • (n.) Any imagin...
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9. poker
   (from the article `fireplace`) ...fire have changed little since the 15th century: tongs are used to handle burning fuel, a fire fork or log fork to maneuver fuel into position, ...
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10. poker
    card game played in various forms throughout the world. Its popularity is greatest in North America, where it originated. It is played in private ... [5 related articles]
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11. Poker
    Poker is British slang for the penis.
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12. Poker
    Poker is British slang for the penis.
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13. poker
    poker, card game, believed to have originated in Asia and first played in the United States in the 19th cent. A traditional cutthroat gambling game at first, it is now also an internationally popular social pastime.Sections in this article:IntroductionBasic RulesBibliography
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14. Poker
    Poker is a card game in which the participants bet on the value of the cards dealt to them, the winner taking the pool of money being either the player whith the highest scoring hand of cards, or the only one left at the end of play having persuaded the other players to concede without showing their...
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15. poker
    Card game of US origin, in which two to eight people play (usually for stakes), and try to obtain a `hand` of five cards ranking higher than those of their opponents. The one with the highest scoring hand wins the `pot` (the central pool of all stakes wagered)
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16. Poker
    A card game with many variations in which players attempt to arrange a winning hand according to each individual game's rules.
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17. Poker
    `Poker` is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually (but not always) hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown (in some games, the pot is split between the high and low hands), lim...
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