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Definition of poker noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

poker

noun

/ˈpəʊkə(r)/

/ˈpəʊkər/

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[uncountable] a card game for two or more people, in which the players bet on the values of the cards they holdTopics Games and toysc2

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[countable] a metal stick for moving or breaking up coal in a fireTopics Houses and homesc2

Word Originsense 1 mid 19th cent.: of US origin; perhaps related to German pochen ‘to brag’, Pochspiel ‘bragging game’.

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