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pokie machine

pokie machine noun: synonym of slot machine (“gambling machine”).

pokie machine: synonym of slot machine (“gambling machine”)
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Noun

pokie machine (plural pokie machines)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of slot machine (“gambling machine”).
    • 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.2000, Ken Ewell, No Worries, Mate: A Manly Adventure in the Land Down Under, page 68
    • Australian clubs allow instant membership to anyone, so keen are they to share the diverting pleasures of the pokie machine.2001, Bill Bryson, In a sunburned country, page 19
    Synonyms:
    slot machine

Examples of pokie machine in a sentence

  • Roughly half of that, $1.027 billion, was lost on non-casino pokie machines.2008, Susan St. John, Donna Wynd, Left Behind: How Social & Income Inequalities Damage New Zealand Children, page 120:
  • A casino is one big pokie machine, programmed to pay out less than a dollar in a dollar.2009, Marcus Padley, Stock Market Secrets, page 124:

Synonyms of pokie machine

Forms of pokie machine

pluralpokie machines

Origin of pokie machine

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

Questions about pokie machine

What does pokie machine mean?
Pokie machine means synonym of slot machine (“gambling machine”).
How do you use pokie machine in a sentence?
Roughly half of that, $1.027 billion, was lost on non-casino pokie machines.
What part of speech is pokie machine?
Pokie machine is a noun.
What is the plural of pokie machine?
The plural of pokie machine is pokie machines.

Words near pokie machine in the dictionary

  1. Pokhrel
  2. Pokhrels
  3. pokickeries
  4. pokickery
  5. pokie
  6. pokie machine
  7. pokie machines
  8. pokier
  9. pokies
  10. pokiest
  11. pokily

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