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one-armed bandit

one-armed bandit
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [wuhn-ahrmd]
    • /ˈwʌnˌɑrmd/
    • /wʌn ɑːmd ˈbæn.dɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [wuhn-ahrmd]
    • /ˈwʌnˌɑrmd/

Definitions of one-armed bandit words

  • noun one-armed bandit slot machine (def 1). 1
  • noun one-armed bandit gambling: fruit or slot machine 1
  • countable noun one-armed bandit A one-armed bandit is the same as a fruit machine. 0
  • noun one-armed bandit a fruit machine operated by pulling down a lever at one side 0
  • noun one-armed bandit slot machine (sense b) 0

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Origin of one-armed bandit

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1935-40

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Parts of speech for One-armed bandit

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

one-armed bandit popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for one-armed bandit

noun one-armed bandit

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