"pokie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊki/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-pokie.ogg Forms: pokies [plural]
enPR: pō'kē [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊki Etymology: From clipping of poker machine + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poker machine|ie|gloss2=diminutive suffix}} poker machine + -ie (“diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pokie (plural pokies)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, chiefly in the plural) Synonym of poker machine, an electronic game of chance played for money, especially slot machines. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, in-plural, slang Categories (lifeform): Mygalomorph spiders Synonyms: poker machine [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: pokie machine
    Sense id: en-pokie-en-noun-weAA9LGR Disambiguation of Mygalomorph spiders: 83 17 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊki/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-pokie.ogg Forms: pokies [plural]
enPR: pō'kē [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊki Etymology: Shortening of a mispronunciation of genus name Poecilotheria Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Poecilotheria|genus}} Poecilotheria Head templates: {{en-noun}} pokie (plural pokies)
  1. (informal) Any of several species of arboreal tarantula in the genus Poecilotheria. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-pokie-en-noun-2yr2l8Kt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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