One-Armed Bandit Popular slang for slot machine. Onesies Slot players who bet one coin per spin. Patterns Random short-term statistical trends, not to be confused with long-term statistical averages. The short-term trend may be better or worse than the long-term average.
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make out like a bandit
- A tri-color personal slot machine with a 3D printed realistic lever to spin the wheels.
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- Slot Machine Glossary The slot machine is by far the most popular and profitable casino game, and with slot machines dominating the online, mobile, and social markets, there's been a resurgence in interest in the one-armed bandit. This glossary covers terms used by slot players and the slot machine industry.
One Armed Bandit Golfer
To make a very large profit or be extremely successful. You can actually make out like a bandit if you know all the fees and expenses that you're entitled to.Sarah is making out like a bandit developing apps for government agencies.They made out like bandits when they're startup company was purchased by the global tech giant.
one-arm bandit
A slot machine designed for gambling in which you pull down a lever on one side that generates a random combination of three shapes, which may or may not award the player money depending on the combination received. After my wife lost her entire month's wages to the one-arm bandits in Atlantic City, we've decided to stay away from casinos altogether.
one-armed bandit
A slot machine designed for gambling in which you pull down a lever on one side that generates a random combination of three shapes, which may or may not award the player money depending on the combination received. After my wife lost her entire month's wages to the one-armed bandits in Atlantic City, we've decided to stay away from casinos altogether.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
make out like a bandit
Rur. to make a large profit. Joe's making out like a bandit, selling expensive cameras.Mary made out like a bandit, playing twenty-one in Las Vegas.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
make out like a bandit
Succeed extremely well, as in He invested in real estate and made out like a bandit. This expression likens other forms of success to that of a triumphant robber. It may, however, come from an intermediate source, that is, the use of bandit (or one-armed bandit) for a slot machine, which is far more profitable for the house than for gamblers. [Slang; c. 1970]
one-armed bandit
A slot machine, as in It's amazing how many people think they can make money playing a one-armed bandit. This term refers to both appearance and function: the operating lever looks like an arm, and the machine in effect robs players, since it 'wins' and keeps the player's money in an overwhelming majority of instances. [c. 1930]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
make out like a bandit
Slot Machine Slang One Armed Bandit Roblox Id
SlangSee also: bandit, like, make, out
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
make out like a bandit
Slot Machine Slang One Armed Bandit Roblox Id
SlangSee also: bandit, like, make, out
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
make out like a bandit
Operate very successfully. This slangy term refers not to an outlaw but to the one-armed bandit of gambling—that is, a slot machine. Since slot machines invariably win, making out like one is synonymous with success. Sometimes shortened to simply like a bandit, the phrase dates from the second half of the 1900s. Cartoonist Gary Trudeau used it in Doonesbury in 1985: 'Unlike our farm belt cousins, Californians have been makin' out like bandits.'
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
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