| 单词 | one-armed bandit |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone-armed bandit one-armed bandit n. originally U.S. a slot machine or similar gaming machine operated by pulling down an arm-like handle. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > gambling machines gambling machine?1790 poker machine1899 fruit machine1933 one-armed bandit1936 one-arm bandit1937 pokie1965 1936 N.Y. Times 7 June iv. 10/6 The Esquirol-Robinson Act, passed in 1934, grew out of this agitation; it definitely outlawed the ‘one-armed bandit’. 1972 D. Francis Smokescreen vi. 70 There's more cars parked along the streets down there than one-armed bandits in Nevada. 2001 Guardian 26 Oct. i. 21/2 There were old-fashioned nannyish restrictions to be removed from casinos (no drinking, must be a club member), some new ones needed (protecting children from one-armed bandits). < as lemmas |
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