poky
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English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]By shortening from poker machine (“gambling device”)
Noun
[edit]poky (plural pokies)
- A gambling device based on the card game poker.
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)
Etymology 3
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Adjective
[edit]poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)
- (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped, and often shabby.
- 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 5:
- The back door leads to a poky kitchen, tiled brightly in the taste of a previous tenant.
Translations
[edit]small and cramped
Noun
[edit]poky (plural pokies)