OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7406

poker

/ˈpoʊkɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atizador
A metal rod, generally of wrought iron, for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire; a firestick.
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📚 noun • entry_id 7407

poker

/ˈpoʊkɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
póker • póquer
Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game.
As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
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