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one-arm bandit

one-arm bandit is the alternative form of one-armed bandit.

Meaning of one-armed bandit

Noun

one-armed bandit (plural one-armed bandits)

  1. 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.
  2. Synonym of penny-in-the-slot machine.

Forms of one-arm bandit

pluralone-arm bandits

Questions about one-arm bandit

What is one-arm bandit the alternative form of?
One-arm bandit is the alternative form of one-armed bandit.

Words near one-arm bandit in the dictionary

  1. one-and-done
  2. one-and-dones
  3. one-and-one
  4. one-and-ones
  5. one-and-twenty
  6. one-arm bandit
  7. one-arm bandits
  8. one-arm joint
  9. one-arm joints
  10. one-arm lunchroom
  11. one-arm lunchrooms

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