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one armed bandit
one-armed bandit
/
ˈwʌnˌɑrmd
/
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[
wuhn
-ahrmd
]
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noun
Informal.
slot machine
(
def 1
)
.
Also,
onearm bandit.
Origin:
1935–40,
Americanism
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one-armed bandit
—
n
a fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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