pinball machine
noun
: an amusement device in which a ball propelled by a plunger scores points as it rolls down a slanting surface among pins and targets
called also pinball game
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Then, there are jukeboxes, pinball machines, tchotchkes galore, and large-scale model trains lining entire walls.
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John Oseid, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Locals came for fish and chips on Fridays, thin-crust pizza on Saturdays, and the familiar routine of a place where the dining room, bar, lounge, and pinball machine each had their regulars.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
Old-school gamers Tony Nevarez worked the flippers on a Metallica pinball machine as his 12-year-old daughter Alyssa looked on.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Throughout the hotel there are pieces to appeal to cinephiles in general and Coppola stans specifically, like the statue of a golden hawk from Megalopolis in the parking lot and the Godfather pinball machines and Apocalypse Now carpet in the lobby.
—Rebecca Keegan, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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John Oseid, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Locals came for fish and chips on Fridays, thin-crust pizza on Saturdays, and the familiar routine of a place where the dining room, bar, lounge, and pinball machine each had their regulars.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
Old-school gamers Tony Nevarez worked the flippers on a Metallica pinball machine as his 12-year-old daughter Alyssa looked on.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Throughout the hotel there are pieces to appeal to cinephiles in general and Coppola stans specifically, like the statue of a golden hawk from Megalopolis in the parking lot and the Godfather pinball machines and Apocalypse Now carpet in the lobby.
—Rebecca Keegan, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Pinball machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinball%20machine. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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