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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Infested by pokers; adapted to excite fear;

as, a

pokerish

place

[Colloq. U. S.]

There is something

pokerish

about a deserted dwelling.

Lowell.

Adj.

Stiff like a poker.

[Colloq.]

pokerish ‎(comparative more pokerish, superlative most pokerish)

(US, archaic, colloquial) unsafe, dangerous
- 1860, William Taylor Adams, Little By Little:
  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.
(archaic, colloquial) nervous, uneasy
- 1894, Edward S. Ellis, Brave Tom:
  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?