fruit machine

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

fruit +‎ machine

  • (slot machine): From originating with machines with fruit pictures
  • (criminology): From being a machine used to identify fruits (“homosexuals”)
  • (food): From being a machine containing fruits

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

fruit machine (plural fruit machines)

  1. (British, gambling) A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit.
  2. (Canada, criminology, slang) A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography.
  3. (food) A vending machine that dispenses fruit. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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