POKER
NOUNS
► FIRE STICK a poker → 1985 US (Bk.)
► JOLLY JOKER a poker → 20C rhyming sl.
► ORINOKO a poker → 1864 rhyming sl., pronounced ‘orinoker’
► POKING STICK a fire poker → 1954 Amer. dial.
► PURR a fire poker → 1957 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RECTOR a poker kept only for show → L19 sl.
► TICKLER a small poker → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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