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fruit machine

(British, gambling) A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(British, gambling) A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit.

Origin: From . * (slot machine): From originating with machines with fruit pictures * (criminology): From being a machine used to identify fruits * (food): From being a machine containing fruits. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(Canada, criminology, slang) A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(food) A vending machine that dispenses fruit.

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