"pokerish" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1860, William Taylor Adams, Little By Little:",
          "text": "John even went so far as to admit that it \"looked kind of pokerish,\" and he was glad they were in so comfortable a place.",
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          "ref": "1894, Edward S. Ellis, Brave Tom:",
          "text": "I wish Uncle Jed hadn't said what he did,\" he mused, when fairly beyond the town, \"it makes me feel kind of pokerish; why didn't I think to bring my gun along?",
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        "Stiff, like a poker."
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