Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pokie machine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: pok-ie -ma-chine
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of slot machine (“gambling machine”).

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"During the contest, participants sit at pokie machines and accurately insert coin after coin into the smallest of holes, while all the time consuming more and more schooners. This grueling sport can go on for many hours, though the winner is always the pokie machine."
"Australian clubs allow instant membership to anyone, so keen are they to share the diverting pleasures of the pokie machine."
"In 2005, New Zealanders lost $2.027 billion through all forms of gambling. Roughly half of that, $1.027 billion, was lost on non-casino pokie machines."
"A casino is one big pokie machine, programmed to pay out less than a dollar in a dollar."

Etymology

From pokie (“slang for poker machine”) + machine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pokie machines (plural)

Synonyms

slot machine

Questions

What does pokie machine mean?: Synonym of slot machine (“gambling machine”).
Where does pokie machine come from?: From pokie (“slang for poker machine”) + machine.

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