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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 heated poker or other iron.
Origin: From Poke to push.
(01 Mar 1998)
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