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Slot machine   Listen
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Slot machine  n.  A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, gambling, etc.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Slot machine" Quotes from Famous Books



... but more because his wife and two fully-developed daughters spent too much on their frocks. For years, losing sight of the fact that he was an immortal soul, they had been treating him as a breakfast-in-the-slot machine: they put a breakfast in the slot, pushed a button of his waistcoat, and drew out banknotes. For this, he had neither partner, nor assistant, nor carriage, nor holiday: his wife and daughters could not afford him these luxuries. He ...
— Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days • Arnold Bennett



Words linked to "Slot machine" :   machine, one-armed bandit, coin machine, vending machine, coin box



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