fruit machine
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But former Home Office minister and a critic of royal finances Norman Baker said the duchy would still be a "royal fruit machine... he pulls the handle and gets a jackpot every time".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
They have pumped coins into the Zak Crawley fruit machine in the hope he pays out in Australia and Ben Duckett is among the premier openers in the world.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
It might have begun with Youtube user Quincey11, external and his mates in front of the fruit machine and bar bunting of their local.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
It’s like sticking money in a fruit machine moments before it pays out.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2015
In the Coral Island amusement arcade, a woman in a wheelchair is locked in her own eternal dance with a fruit machine, and my horse performs wretchedly in the donkey derby.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2010
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