pokie

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Definition of pokie in English English dictionary

A poker machine

I’m off to play the pokies down at the RSL.

{i} (Informal) slot machine (Australian and New Zealand usage)

Related Terms

pokie machine

slot machine (for gambling)

Australian clubs allow instant membership to anyone, so keen are they to share the diverting pleasures of the pokie machine.

Hyphenation

pok·ie

Synonyms

poker machine, pokie machine, fruit machine

Etymology

() From poker and diminutive suffix -ie; believed to have been coined in New South Wales in the 1970s.