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- noun Plural form of
punchboard .
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Examples
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It was crowded, and the barstools were filled with cowboys and mill workers bent over into the poker dice, punchboards, and rows of beer bottles.
The Lost Get-Back Boogie James Lee Burke 1986
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There is a library of punchboards: Black Cat, Texas Charley, Lucky Dollar.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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That quaint-sounding 35-year-old law was the first trickle of legalized gambling in the state, permitting things such as charitable bingo and "Reno nights" for nonprofit groups as well as punchboards, pull tabs and card rooms that were only to stimulate food and drink sales in bars and taverns.
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Featured items include early nineteenth-century geographical board games; a Civil War game; suffrage games that garnered support in the battle for women’s votes; a vintage Monopoly game…; gambling punchboards; and a selection of games inspired by television programming.
BTS Announces New Air Travel Price Index « ResourceShelf 2004
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Featured items include early nineteenth-century geographical board games; a Civil War game; suffrage games that garnered support in the battle for women’s votes; a vintage Monopoly game…; gambling punchboards; and a selection of games inspired by television programming.
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