one-armed bandit
Example Sentences
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In politics, the one-armed bandit is the best friend you are going to find.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
I’d barely glance out the car window at the casino-studded skyline, which didn’t interest someone who preferred a flaming effigy to a one-armed bandit.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2019
When all the surveillance techniques on those information databases work, it's like three lemons lining up on a one-armed bandit.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2018
He is a threat to American sport, not to mention that one-armed bandit of a money-making industry known as the N.F.L.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2014
He went back to his companion at the one-armed bandit.
From Jubilation, U.S.A. by G. L. Vandenburg
