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Gumball machine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | A gumball machine is a toy or commercial device, a specific type of (A slot machine for selling goods) vending machine, which dispenses (additional info and facts about gumball) gumballs, usually for a small fee paid in (A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money) coins. |
 | | Most gumball machines have a simple mechanism for dispensing the gumball, to the point of the actual dispensation being largely invisible (after turning the handle, a door in the base is opened, the gumball having been deposited behind the door). |
 | | "Gumball machine" is also a slang term for a police cruiser, since the lights atop the cruiser (especially older cruisers) resemble the typical gumball machine in shape and appearance. |
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