Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pokerish \Pok"er*ish\, a.
   Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear; as, a pokerish
   place. [Colloq. U. S.]

         There is something pokerish about a deserted dwelling.
                                                  --Lowell.

Pokerish \Pok"er*ish\, a.
   Stiff like a poker. [Colloq.]