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
Corrine Durber, from Gloucestershire, played the Wild Hatter game in October 2020 - a two-part game involving a fruit machine and a wheel of fortune.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 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
But the Tiger didn't care Karima was lonely – he had turned in on himself as well, only caring about the bus, the fruit machine.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2013
Hemmings, whose Lancashire leisure interests range from Blackpool Tower to Preston North End football club, is one of Britain's largest fruit machine and amusement arcade operators through his Crown Leisure business.
From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2011
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