poker
noun/ˈpəʊkə(r)/
/ˈpəʊkər/
- [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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