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Word: pinster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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Only to the uninitiated, the "icebergs," who let the balls roll undirected about the board, is pinball a game of luck. True pinsters all swear that skill alone controls the boards. Most of the pin language, however, suggests that fate does take a hand in the proceedings. For example, when a pinster triumphs and wins free games, "fees," spectators race about in a mystic trance shouting "Pinball," a call as rousing to Bow Street as Rheinhardt is to the Yard. But bewailing bad luck takes up much more space in the pinball dictionary. A streak of poor playing is described...

Author: By J. M., | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

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