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as stiff as a poker - а) чопорный, церемонный; б) негнущийся, жёсткий; ≅ «аршин проглотил»by the holy poker! - ей-ей!, ей-богу!
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Old Poker - дьявол• ___ face
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• 'The Outcasts of ___ Flat'
• Activity that involves seeing people?
• Amarillo Slim's game
• Baseball is a form of it
• Bluffer's game
• Bret Maverick's forte
• Bridge alternative
• Card game
• Card game seen on TV
• Card game that's a hint to today's theme
• Card game with televised tournaments
• Cardroom game
• Casino game
• Cincinnati and lowball are versions of this
• Doc Holliday's game
• Draw game?
• Fire stirrer
• Fireplace adjunct
• Fireplace rod
• Fireplace tool
• Gambler's card game
• Gamblers' holdings
• Game in The Sting
• Game involving drawing and folding
• Game of cards
• Game often seen on ESPN
• Game played by dogs in kitschy paintings
• Game played with a straight...or a straight face
• Game that can follow the first part of this puzzle's four longest answers
• Game that might involve a show of hands
• Game with tells
• Game with a World Series
• Game with straights and flushes
• Hand-raising activity?
• Hands on the table
• Hearth hardware
• Hearth tool
• Hold 'em, for example
• Hoosegow
• How to wake up the queen
• It may involve cash on hand
• It may involve drawing
• Kind of face
• Log roller
• Logroller, in a way
• Maverick's game
• Often-televised card game
• Pai Gow is a form of this
• See 1-ACROSS
• Spit in the ocean game
• Straight game
• Stripper's game?
• Stud e.g.
• Stud game
• Stud or draw
• Stud, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme
• Stud, for one
• Texas hold 'em, e.g.
• Texas Hold 'em, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme
• Texas Hold'em, for one
• The Odd Couple pastime
• This puzzle's card game
• This puzzle's theme
• Tool next to a shovel, maybe
• Whence the phrase pass the buck
• Word with chip or face
• Word with face or hand
• World Series game
• You might catch a boat on the river while playing it
• Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle
• Used to stir a fire
• Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
1. {ʹpəʋkə} n
1. 1) кочерга
2) тех. шуровочный инструмент
3) негнущийся, прямой как палка человек; ≅ «аршин проглотил»
4) редк. чопорный, церемонный человек
2. шутл.
1) жезл педеля
2) университетский педель (в Оксфорде и Кембридже)
3. 1) покер (прибор для выжигания по дереву)
2) сокр. от ~work
4. = poking-stick
♢ as stiff as a ~ - а) чопорный, церемонный; б) негнущийся, жёсткий; ≅ «аршин проглотил»
by the holy ~! - ей-ей!, ей-богу!
2. {ʹpəʋkə} v
1. мешать кочергой
2. выжигать по дереву, коже и т. п.
II {ʹpəʋkə} n редк.привидение; домовой; пугало
♢ Old Poker - дьявол
II {ʹpəʋkə} nпокер (карточная игра)