fruit machine

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

Every gambler trusts in a few abstract symbols – the dots on a dice, numerals, suits, red or black, the graphemes on a fruit machine – to tell them who they are.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2019

There was no sign of the Moroccan, so he sat down at the fruit machine.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2013