"one-armed bandit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌwʌnɑːmd ˈbændɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌwʌnɑɹmd ˈbændɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-one-armed bandit.wav [Southern-England], En-us-one-armed bandit.oga [General-American] Forms: one-armed bandits [plural]
Etymology: From one-armed (“having only one arm”) + bandit (“one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group; one who cheats others”), referring to the fact that the machine is operated by a single handle, and “steals” money from losing players. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|one-armed|bandit|t1=having only one arm|t2=one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group; one who cheats others}} one-armed (“having only one arm”) + bandit (“one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group; one who cheats others”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-armed bandit (plural one-armed bandits)
  1. (originally US, gambling) 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. Categories (topical): Gambling Synonyms: one-arm bandit Hypernyms: fruit machine, poker machine, pokie, pokie machine, slot machine Related terms: multi-armed bandit Translations (gaming machine having a long arm-like handle at one side that a player pulls down to make reels spin): 老虎機 (Chinese Mandarin), 老虎机 (lǎohǔjī) (Chinese Mandarin), enarmet tyveknægt [common-gender] (Danish), eenarmige bandiet [masculine] (Dutch), ühekäeline bandiit (Estonian), yksikätinen rosvo (Finnish), bandit manchot [masculine] (French), einarmiger Bandit [masculine] (German), félkarú rabló (Hungarian), jednoręki bandyta [masculine] (Polish), однору́кий банди́т (odnorúkij bandít) [masculine] (Russian), enarmad bandit [common-gender] (Swedish)

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