trade stimulator

noun

Any of various kinds of coin-operated countertop machines used to encourage shoppers to indulge in a game of chance, popular in American saloons during the 1880s.

Meanings

nountrade stimulator (plural trade stimulators)

plural trade stimulators

  1. historicalAny of various kinds of coin-operated countertop machines used to encourage shoppers to indulge in a game of chance, popular in American saloons during the 1880s.
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