one-armed bandit
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English
[edit]Etymology
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From one-armed (“having only one arm”) + bandit (“one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group; one who cheats others”), referring to the fact that the machine is operated by a single handle, and “steals” money from losing players.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌwʌnɑːmd ˈbændɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌwʌnɑɹmd ˈbændɪt/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: one-armed ban‧dit
Noun
[edit]one-armed bandit (plural one-armed bandits)
- (originally US, gambling) A gaming machine having a long arm-like handle at one side that a player pulls down to make reels spin; the player wins money or tokens when certain combinations of symbols line up on these reels.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]gaming machine having a long arm-like handle at one side that a player pulls down to make reels spin
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Further reading
[edit]slot machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “one-armed bandit, n.” under “one-armed, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2019.
- “one-armed bandit, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.