pokerish

adjective3

1. •
   Stiff, like a poker.
2. •
   (informal, no longer used) unsafe, dangerous

   • 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. — 1860
3. •
   (informal, no longer used) nervous, uneasy

   • 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? — 1894