slot machine
English
Noun
slot machine (plural slot machines)
- Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot.
- A gambling machine so operated; a fruit machine or one-armed bandit.
- A vending machine.
Quotations
- 2005 Benjamin Crowell - The Modern Revolution in Physics
- As an illustration of a general technique for calculating odds, suppose you are playing a 25-cent slot machine.
- 1998 Eva Hemmungs Wirtén - Global Infatuation: explorations in transnational publishing and texts
- The paperback selling slot-machine was only one resourceful trade invention, . . .
Synonyms
- fruit machine (UK)
- one-armed bandit
- poker machine (US, Australia, New Zealand)
- pokie machine (Australia, New Zealand)
Derived terms
- penny-in-the-slot machine
Translations
any coin-operated machine
gambling machine
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vending machine — see vending machine
poker: three sevens
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References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
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