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Examples
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On her way to winning Celebrity Apprentice last year, she berated professional gambler Annie Duke, screaming "You're a pokah playah — that's beyond white trash!"
Can We Talk? 2010
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Tihs mai pokah fais – yu donut kno ut Ai has been oop to wyl yu wer owt!
Finally, a card game - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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August 9, 2009 at 4:06 am kitteh alwais wins at stirp pokah! cept teh sfinx kittehs…dey not gud wit card gaems
ALL IN! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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I've heard those that ought to know say that a Mississippi river boat is the toughest spot on top of earth for little games of pokah and that soht of thing, sah.
The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss
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"We're playin 'pokah now, I believe," he reminded.
Kid Wolf of Texas 1938
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"Unlike pokah, it's perfectly legitimate to scratch the aces with yo 'fingah nail."
Kid Wolf of Texas 1938
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I got playin 'pokah ober in dat' Red Light, 'an' I was doin 'fine.
Keith of the Border Randall Parrish 1890
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"Pokah am pokah, and dar's no 'casion fer triflin' wif blue glass 'n junk in dis yar club," said the Reverend Mr. Smith.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887
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"Dis is pokah," said the Reverend Mr. Thankful Smith.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887
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HM: I like the idea of a regular game with people who take pokah semi-seriously.
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