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machine
noun- a fast and attractive car US, 1908
Often pronounced “ma-chine”. - — Miss Cone, The Slang Dictionary (Hawthorne High School), 1965
- “This your machine?” she asked, smoothing the Buick’s leather seat. — Malcolm Braly, On the Yard, p. 5, 1967
- a machine gun US
- — Bill Valentine, Gang Intelligence Manual, p. 110, 1995: “Jamaican gang terminology”
- a trumpet UK
- — Tom Hibbert, Rockspeak!, p. 99, 1983
- in horse racing, a pari-mutuel betting machine US
- — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 334, 1976
- in horse racing, a battery-powered device used to impart a shock to a horse during a race US
- — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 334, 1976
- the penis US
- “About whether or not you’ve got a big machine or a small one,” Leila said[.] — Burt Hirschfield, Fire Island, p. 47, 1970
▶ the Machine
in big city politics, the over-arching political organisation that runs all facets of life US- Also it wasn’t altogether certain that Bilandic, acting mayor or not acting mayor, was going to be the choice of the Democratic Central Committee aka the Regular Organization aka the Machine. — Robert Campbell, Boneyards, p. 12, 1992
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