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Word: cockamaroo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...game is bagatelle (also known as sans égal, Mississippi, cockamaroo, contact with variations. The player drops a coin in the slot which releases a plunger. With the plunger he drives a ball down crooked alleyways of pins until it scores by dropping into one of many holes in the board. For his total score he receives a certain number of coupons exchangeable for merchandise. The average player, of course, spends much more accumulating sufficient points to win, say, a $25 radio than he would if he went out and bought the instrument for cash. Smart players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Pin Game | 12/24/1934 | See Source »

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