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noun
a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
Origin:
1950–55; < Japanese, equivalent to pachin click! (imitative) + -ko diminutive suffix
1950–55; < Japanese, equivalent to pachin click! (imitative) + -ko diminutive suffix
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Word Origin & History
pachinko
1953, from Japanese, "pinball machine," also "slingshot, handgun," from pachin, of echoic origin, + dim. suffix -ko.
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