slot machine
a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
any machine operated by inserting coins into a slot, as a vending machine.
Origin of slot machine
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How to use slot machine in a sentence
Jacob: The last time I was in Atlantic City, I sat at the Sex and the City slot machine and I ordered cosmopolitans.
The Ladies Disrupting the Bartender Boys’ Club | Brandy Zadrozny | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLong-term, the markets remain a casino—or, still worse, a slot machine, where money disappears into an electronic box.
It was metallic—about the size of a penny slot-machine bar of chocolate, if you remember back that far.
A Feast of Demons | William MorrisonAnd now she had dropped the precious coins down the hungry mouth of a slot machine.
Green Valley | Katharine ReynoldsThis was a device which has become familiar in recent times as the penny-in-the-slot machine.
A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) | Henry Smith Williams
He sauntered over and dropped a quarter into the slot-machine by the door, but the thing was frozen up and refused to work.
Where There's A Will | Mary Roberts RinehartI got a wire hairpin and went over to the slot-machine, but when I had finally dug out the money I could hardly see it for tears.
Where There's A Will | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for slot machine
a machine, esp one for selling small articles or for gambling, activated by placing a coin or metal disc in a slot
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