fruit machine

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fruit machine

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From 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

noun fruit machines

  1. UK A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit.
  2. Canada, slang A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography.
  3. A vending machine that dispenses fruit.

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@misc{fruit_machine_2026,
  title = {fruit machine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fruit%20machine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}