Slot machines are also known pejoratively as one-armed bandits due to the large mechanical levers affixed to the sides of early mechanical machines and their ability to empty players' pockets and wallets as thieves would. Its standard layout features a screen displaying three or more reels that 'spin' when the game is activated.
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one-armed bandit
(wŭn′ärmd′)n. A slot machine for gambling operated by pulling a lever on the side.
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one-armed bandit
orone-arm bandit
n (Gambling, except Cards) a fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side
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slot′ machine`
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n.One Arm Bandit Slot Machines
1. a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling down a long handle attached to its side.
2. any machine operated by inserting coins into a slot, as a vending machine.
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| Noun | 1. | one-armed bandit - a slot machine that is used for gambling; 'they spend hours and hours just playing the slots' 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 |
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