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Meanings of poker in English

Russian
покер
Portuguese
póquer
Spanish
póquer
Catalan
pòquer
Wikidata

Family of card games.

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покер
Catalan
salamandra

Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire.

salamandra
Portuguese
póquer
Catalan
poker
Spanish
póquer

Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand.

póquer
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Examples for "poker game"
Examples for "poker game"
1
Several years later, he became a regular at the quant poker game.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
2
A poker game was on at the club and Cunningham sat in.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
3
The poker game went on without a sound or sign of interruption.
The Perils of Pauline
4
It was hotter than Tom B-ever got in a poker game.
Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Roger...
5
It was like a poker game, the highest-stakes hand he'd ever played.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
Usage of poker in English
1
Good cops are like good poker players-theyare good at reading people.
Assholes finish first
2
She played a lot of poker and gave money to good causes.
The Guardian
3
Ten minutes later, Dad gas using Kerry to pay a poker debt.
The Irish Times
4
Who would make a good poker player but doesn't know it yet?
The Guardian
5
He put the poker in the fire, and heated it red hot.
A Simpleton
6
Maybe this was the great room where he held his poker games.
Naked Heat
7
Several years later, he became a regular at the quant poker game.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
8
Julia said Anton had five children, was from Texas, and played poker.
The new yorker
9
Holden had a feeling Carol might be a very good poker player.
Cibola Burn
10
The ringmaster retorted in his great voice: That sounds like good poker.
Trailin'!
11
Dr. Jäger leaned forward to stir the fire with a long poker.
The Lost Sisterhood
12
The majority of the boys were at the old familiar game, poker.
Private Peat
13
Rapp yanked the poker free and held it in front of Abel.
Consent to kill: a thriller
14
He was combining a poker party with a New Year's Eve party.
God don't like ugly
15
It is the skirt-dancing and the poker work that cannot brook rivalry.
The Angel and the Author, and Others
16
Rapp pulled the poker back and said very calmly, Look at me.
Consent to kill: a thriller
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Common
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Common
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