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
"We were only ex-per-i-ment-ing—" "There's their crooked experimenting right there!" said Okie, pointing a finger at the deactivated one-armed bandit.
From Jubilation, U.S.A. by Vandenburg, G. L.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
