Pokie

//ˈpəʊki// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for money, especially slot machines. Australia, New-Zealand, in-plural, slang

    "For several decades until the early 1990s, Echuca–Moama existed in the consciousness of Melburnians as the destination for pokie bus-trips. All of this changed when the Kennett Government legalised pokies in Victoria in 1993."

  2. 2
    Any of several species of arboreal tarantula in the genus Poecilotheria. informal

Synonyms

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poker machinepoker machineslot machine

Example

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"For several decades until the early 1990s, Echuca–Moama existed in the consciousness of Melburnians as the destination for pokie bus-trips. All of this changed when the Kennett Government legalised pokies in Victoria in 1993."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From clipping of poker machine + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology 2

Shortening of a mispronunciation of genus name Poecilotheria

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