one-armed bandit

noun

variants or less commonly one-arm bandit

Examples of one-armed bandit in a Sentence

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The other people in Mr. Zafra’s neighborhood bar, a place with one-armed bandit slot machines and a heavily tattooed bartender, thought that breaking away from Spain would lead to economic collapse. Ellen Barry, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of one-armed bandit was in 1934

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“One-armed bandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-armed%20bandit. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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