fruit machine

== English == === Etymology === From fruit +‎ machine. (slot machine): From originating with machines with fruit pictures (criminology): From being a machine used to identify fruits (“homosexuals”) (food): From being a machine containing fruits === Pronunciation === === Noun === fruit machine (plural fruit machines) (UK, gambling) A slot machine, especially one having spinning wheels marked with pictures of fruit. (Canada, criminology, slang) A device developed to identify homosexual people by measuring their physical responses to different kinds of pornography. (food) A vending machine that dispenses fruit. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== See also ==== fruit machine (homosexuality test) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia