Definitions
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- noun Australia, New Zealand, slang A
poker machine . - noun informal Any of several species of
arboreal tarantula in thegenus Poecilotheria.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I was favorably predisposed to this new Ladies Lounge of which you speak - until I continued reading your post and learned that a “pokie” in Oz is just a stupid poker machine.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Open for business. The new renovated Ladies Lounge. 2009
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The sad part is that they'll go right back to teaching the kid the same lessons after a short stay in the pokie.
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The sad part is that they'll go right back to teaching the kid the same lessons after a short stay in the pokie.
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Now, if he's convicted, he faces up to four years in the pokie.
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Putz awn CHRG wif pokie dots and raps blankie around Kitteh_Kat_Celia.
hugz now avalabil - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Now shes pawing at the pokie inie thing for the headphones.
dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008
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The sandstone pub is beautifully restored and there's not a pokie in sight.
City Walk: Sydney 2008
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U put ur leff fut in u put ur leff fut owt u do teh hokie pokie and u dans dans dans
Dance Skillz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Mai-b, iffin Aye larn ennuf ob tehm, Aisle noa whut itz awl abowt…unless it iz teh “hokie-pokie” n Aye R doooomed….
Itty bitty kitty comitte boat sinked. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I was briefly taken to a place with many, many pokie machines and a lot of ugly people.
Ms R has lost her bikini Ms Robinson 2007
bilby commented on the word pokie
Australian - a poker machine, a slot machine.
March 21, 2008