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pa⋅chin⋅ko

[puh-ching-koh]
–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; < Japn, equiv. to pachin click! (imit.) + -ko dim. suffix
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pa·chin·ko   (pə-chĭng'kō)   
n.  A Japanese gambling game played on a vertical pinball machine.

[Japanese.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

pachinko 
1953, from Japanese, "pinball machine," also "slingshot, handgun," from pachin, of echoic origin, + dim. suffix -ko.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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