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▪ I. ˈpokerish, a.1
[f. poker n.1 + -ish1.]
Inclined to be ‘stiff as a poker’, esp. in manner. Hence ˈpokerishly adv., ˈpokerishness.
1848Hawthorne in Life Longfellow (1891) II. i. 36 A man of thought and originality, with a certain iron-pokerishness, an uncompromising stiffness in his mental character. 1867R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower xxxvi, ‘I am afraid I'm interrupting a pleasant tête-à-tête!’ says the old lady, pokerishly. 1880Argosy XXIX. 230, ‘I regret to have lost it’, I said, stiff to pokerishness. 1888Century Mag. May 35/1 Ella called her ‘stiff and pokerish’.
▪ II. ˈpokerish, a.2 U.S. colloq.
[f. poker n.2 + -ish1.]
Fraught with a kind of mysterious dread; ghostly, uncanny.
1827Massachusetts Spy 21 Nov. (Th.), A patriarchal ram, who would fight anything but a pokerish looking ducking gun. 1833H. Barnard in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) XIII. 352, I feel quite pokerish in this region. 1835Willis Pencillings II. xli. 28 A pokerish-looking dwarf. 1853Lowell Moosehead Jrnl. Prose Wks. 1890 I. 36 There is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling, even in broad daylight. 1871Mrs. Stowe My Wife & I viii, It was a lonesome and pokerish operation to dismantle the room that had long been my home. 1874B. Taylor Prophet iv. vi, A pokerish place! There's something in the air Breeds thoughts of murder. |