Definitions
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- adjective Having only one
arm .
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- adjective having one arm
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most notably, there was an infamous 1967 case known as the one-armed bandit murder, in which a money-collector for a firm that supplied fruit machines to working men's clubs was killed, shining light on the trade's links with organised crime.
The Guardian World News John Harris 2011
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That’s why they’re called one-armed bandits, stupid.
Had Enough? James Carville 2003
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Excuse me while I feed quarters into this one-armed bandit.
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The Center for Security Policy wants Americans to think that stoning and amputations are around the corner, but the report can't quite explain why stonings are so rare and the streets of Saudi Arabia and Iran are not filled with one-armed thieves.
Sabria Jawhar: The Idiocy of the Anti-Sharia Crowd Sabria Jawhar 2010
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And pulling plastic corks could, at best, make you a one-armed Popeye.
Vent your spleen: synthetic corks! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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NASA's six-wheeled, one-armed wonder, Curiosity, will reach Mars next summer and use its jackhammer drill, rock-zapping laser machine and other devices to search for evidence that Earth's next-door neighbor might once have been home to the teeniest forms of life.
NASA Mars Curiosity Launch: Huge Rover On Its Way To Mars 2011
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The Center for Security Policy wants Americans to think that stoning and amputations are around the corner, but the report can't quite explain why stonings are so rare and the streets of Saudi Arabia and Iran are not filled with one-armed thieves.
Sabria Jawhar: The Idiocy of the Anti-Sharia Crowd Sabria Jawhar 2010
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We had a little apartment of strange angles in a house owned and run by a one-armed German ex-POW.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The Center for Security Policy wants Americans to think that stoning and amputations are around the corner, but the report can't quite explain why stonings are so rare and the streets of Saudi Arabia and Iran are not filled with one-armed thieves.
Sabria Jawhar: The Idiocy of the Anti-Sharia Crowd Sabria Jawhar 2010
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I reckon being Mitt Romney's Digital Director makes one busy as a one-armed lettuce picker.
Tony Phillips: But Mitt, I Don't Own One of Those Do-Hickeys Tony Phillips 2011
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