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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Seth	[seθ]
Maurene	maw-REEN, MAWR-een	English (Rare)
Vasant	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Albertina	ahl-ber-TEE-nah (Italian, German)	Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese
Sjurd	-	Norwegian
Tuija	TOO-ee-yah	Finnish