poker

English translation: old poker

11:10 Jan 31, 2011

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English term or phrase: poker

Hi guys,

An on-line dictionary says "poker" means "devil" . As far as I know (from my researches) poker has basically two meanings: 1. the card game, 2. metal rod for stirring fire.

Anything to do with devil?

Thanks, a lot.

Steven

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Selected answer:old poker

Explanation:
"old Poker" is sometimes used as a referene for the Devil, or some boogeyman.

Hence the other references at sztaki (;) for manó (hobgoblin) etc.

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Balazs Oroszlany
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old poker

Balazs Oroszlany

pokker the deuce, devil, a hobgoblin, bugbear and puck; fire hook, salamander, poker game etc.

RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic

poker

László Zsák

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1 hr confidence:

poker

Explanation:
it is a devil metal rod, especially during a card game :-))

László Zsák
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of:

Hungarian

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

old poker

Explanation:
"old Poker" is sometimes used as a referene for the Devil, or some boogeyman.

Hence the other references at sztaki (;) for manó (hobgoblin) etc.

Example sentence(s):

"The very leaves on the horse-chesnuts are 'little things, that cry and are afraid of the north wind, and cling to the bough as if old Poker was coming to take them away" Horace Walpole, 1784
old poker; Old Poker. The devil: coll: 1784, Walpole, 'As if old Poker was coming to take them away '. Perhaps 'he who pokes', but more prob. poker = hobgoblin, demon (cf. Puck, and Irish pooka):

Reference: http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=HHU6fWv2NAsC&pg=PA214&lpg...
Reference: http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/old-poker-1-tf/

Balazs Oroszlany
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of:

Hungarian
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1 day 16 hrs confidence:

pokker the deuce, devil, a hobgoblin, bugbear and puck; fire hook, salamander, poker game etc.

Explanation:
If I understand you well, you want to know whether the poker has anything to do with a devil. Sure thing! Beside the stated meanings, the poker means any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear, pokker the deuce, devil, also a hobgoblin, bugbear and puck... Hope this helps.

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RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic
Serbia
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of:

Serbian,

Serbo-Croat

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