one-armed bandit

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one-armed bandit (w

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A slot machine for gambling operated by pulling a lever on the side.

one-armed bandit

(Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) a fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side

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Noun

one-armed bandit - a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"

slot

fruit machine - a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials; certain combinations win money for the player

coin machine, slot machine - a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot

Translations

one-armed bandit n → slot-machine f inv

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