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pa·chinko (pə c̸hiŋ′kō)

noun

a Japanese gambling game played on a device like a vertical pinball machine

Etymology: Jpn pachinko, slingshot, pinball machine, hand gun, etc.: of echoic orig.: use for vertical pinball machine largely after WWII

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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