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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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.
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Rebecca Keegan, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In the back of the Divine Barrel Brewing tap room in NoDa, pinball machines and board games surround a vending machine.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2025
Smith triggered the public debut of owner Bill Veeck’s biggest, baddest pinball machine — his $300,000 exploding scoreboard.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Moore designed his pinball machine to complete the analogy to the Turing machine.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Keegan, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In the back of the Divine Barrel Brewing tap room in NoDa, pinball machines and board games surround a vending machine.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2025
Smith triggered the public debut of owner Bill Veeck’s biggest, baddest pinball machine — his $300,000 exploding scoreboard.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Moore designed his pinball machine to complete the analogy to the Turing machine.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Pinball machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinball%20machine. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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