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one-armed bandit

Or onearm bandit

[wuhn-ahrmd]

noun

Informal.
  1. slot machine.



one-armed bandit

noun

  1. a fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of one-armed bandit1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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Idioms and Phrases

A slot machine, as in It's amazing how many people think they can make money playing a one-armed bandit. This term refers to both appearance and function: the operating lever looks like an arm, and the machine in effect robs players, since it “wins” and keeps the player's money in an overwhelming majority of instances. [c. 1930]
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In politics, the one-armed bandit is the best friend you are going to find.

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“Everyone wanted to see the one-armed bandit,” says Murphy.

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So LuPone leaned into the interest, later making little video tours on Twitter that include her subterranean one-armed bandit, a massage table, mementos, her desk and a pinball machine.

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Whenever the store's one-armed bandit had to be serviced, Isaac would watch the repairman open the machine and expose its secrets.

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And the slot machines – digital and complex – have come a long way from the days of the one-armed bandit.

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