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pachinko

[ puh-ching-koh ]

noun

  1. a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.


pachinko

/ əˈʃɪŋəʊ /

noun

  1. a Japanese game similar to pinball
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pachinko1

1950–55; < Japanese, equivalent to pachin click! (imitative) + -ko diminutive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pachinko1

C20: possibly from Japanese pachin, imitative of the sound of a ball being fired by a trigger
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Example Sentences

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Bonds forged from necessity create a family network that allows its members to survive World War II, only to struggle with excess when their pachinko parlors become highly successful.

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It also makes toys and pachinko and so-called “pachislot” machines, and owns intellectual property in animation works.

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They had no experience in the business — Sadao’s family owned a Tokyo pachinko parlor — but figured it would be easier to master than other trades.

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A construction crane snapped and a window at a pachinko parlor was shattered in Kagoshima city, southwestern Japan.

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Pagcor said that only Okada himself would be recognised henceforth, in compliance with a Philippine Supreme Court order in April that reinstated the pachinko mogul as chairman, stockholder and director of Tiger Resort.

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