Poker

(noun.) any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand.

(noun.) fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire.

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• Grin away,' said Sikes, replacing the poker, and surveying him with savage contempt; 'grin away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It is the right-hand parlour, into which an aspiring kitchen fireplace appears to have walked, accompanied by a rebellious poker, tongs, and shovel. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The man's skull had been shattered by a blow from a poker delivered from behind. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He rushed at the burglars, but another--it was an elderly man--stooped, picked the poker out of the grate and struck him a horrible blow as he passed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• When I take the poker--so--and give it a dig--' 'Don't disturb it, Charley, or it'll be all in a blaze. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The fire which is hot enough to melt a lump of ice may not be hot enough to melt an iron poker; on the other hand, it may be sufficiently hot to melt a tin spoon. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Yes, his head was knocked in with his own poker. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• You know what the counsel said, Sammy, as defended the gen'l'm'n as beat his wife with the poker, venever he got jolly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I had to put my hand behind his legs for the poker when I went up to the fireplace to stir the fire, but still pretended not to know him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• As he spoke he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• That's what she did, said Joe, slowly clearing the fire between the lower bars with the poker, and looking at it; she Ram-paged out, Pip. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• At Jersey City a poker game was started by one of the delegates. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He stepped swiftly forward, seized the poker, and bent it into a curve with his huge brown hands. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Heat from the fire passed into the poker, traveled along it, and warmed it. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Thank you for the beautiful shawls, brother, said Amelia to the fire poker. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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