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pokie¹

  • /ˈpəʊki/ UK

Sounds like pokey · Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -əʊki

Where it comes from

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

noun pokies

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

    Similar: poker machine

pokie²

  • /ˈpəʊki/ UK

Sounds like pokey · Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -əʊki

Where it comes from

Shortening of a mispronunciation of genus name Poecilotheria

noun pokies

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

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"pokie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pokie.

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@misc{pokie_2026,
  title = {pokie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pokie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}