pokie

Definition

Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for money, especially slot machines.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "2006, author not known, Sydney City Guide, Lonely Planet, page 148, In reality, the cheap beer and walls of pokies attract anyone and everyone."
• "None of these people around me punching the pokies has walked in here today expecting to be a loser."