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单词 pokie
释义

pokien.

Brit. /ˈpəʊki/, U.S. /ˈpoʊki/, Australian English /ˈpoʊki/
Forms: 1900s– pokey, 1900s– pokie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poker n.4, -y suffix6.
Etymology: < poke- (in poker n.4) + -y suffix6.
Australian colloquial.
= poker machine n. at poker n.4 Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gambling machines
gambling machine?1790
poker machine1899
fruit machine1933
one-armed bandit1936
one-arm bandit1937
pokie1965
1965 I. Hamilton Persecutor 87 I always know how much I lose on the pokies.
1980 Truck & Bus Transportation Mar. 94/1 New South Welshmen are quite blase about pokies, seeing them probably as a fact of life!
1998 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 14 Gambling..now [in Australia] involves unknown armies of ‘pokie’ or poker machine, addicts.
2004 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 27 Jan. (Good Life section) 5 We somehow managed to get lost in the sea of pokies, weaving our way through the acres of flashing lights and clinking coins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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