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pokerwork

noun

Etymology

poker + work

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as pokerwork — “poker + work”

Definitions

  1. pyrography created with a hot poker

    • A clockwork model of an ostrich pulling a wickerwork governess-cart; the cart had a rear driver's seat and was decorated with poker-work.

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