one-armed bandit. Okay. Now of course when we say the word armed, armed means like you

have a weapon. That you're going to rob somebody.

So let's take a look the note here. The most common meaning in American English

for a one-armed bandit actually means a slot machine. Like you know, the

ones that you go to in a casino. Ones where you put the coins in and you know,

you're pulling ... you pull a handle down and if you're lucky you know, maybe you

have a you know , a matching symbols come up and then you'll hear a ding, ding , ding...

And you you win some coins. It sounds very exciting . If you are lucky . If

you want a lot to begin with you know, they always say take the money and run.

Because if you keep playing you'll probably give a lot back. Because usually

the machines generally are set to take a lot more from you than you end up. Giving

it to it. So if you play long enough even if you win for a while it may it may

take a lot back, before , before you're out of there it may take all of it back. But

let's continue here. It is interesting to note that the British refer to this as a

fruit machine. Yeah , the first time I heard this a fruit machine ? Is that a

machine that sells fruit ? No but obviously you know, especially the early

slot machines and there are still many today you know, they originally had fruit like

if we got three cherries in a row. You know, if it all matched. Then it you got

three grapes or something. So I guess that's why the British, the British

actually refer to it as a fruit machine. But when Americans first hear

that they , they won't think of a slot machine. But, anyway let's continue. Of

course the reason this is called a one-armed bandit is because a slot

machine has one long handle that resembles an arm. Yeah that's the one you

pull down. So it looks like it has like one arm standing up and that's the

handle that you pull after you put the coins in. So the thing goes around and

hopefully you would win money. For anyone who has played a slot machine long

enough, it feels like it robs your money. So

that's the idea of a bandit. Remember a a bandit is a thief. So let's continue

here. The word, a bandit. by itself, refers to a thief that robs travelers, especially a

member of a gang. Yeah. A lot of those old cowboy movies or even earlier than that

you know, the people that would rob like a a stagecoach along the road. We often

refer to that as a bandit. Sometimes trains too. Okay good. The word slot is used

in the word slot used in slot machine that's with a long thin hole where you

actually put coins. So that's why it's called a slot machine. Even though other

types of ... all vending machines have a slot too. Even phone where you put the coins

and that's also a slot. So any of those long thin hole openings we put the coins

in is slot . So that time slot machine got its name. All right so the word slot is

used slot machine because a slot is a long thin hole in which you put the

coins, Okay . I hope you got it. I hope was clear thank you for your time. Bye-

bye,