■ noun ( plural ~s ) Austral. informal a fruit machine.
Origin
1960s: from poker machine , a type of fruit machine that pays out according to the playing-card symbols that appear when the lever is pulled.
■ noun ( plural ~s ) Austral. informal a fruit machine.
Origin
1960s: from poker machine , a type of fruit machine that pays out according to the playing-card symbols that appear when the lever is pulled.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004