punchboard
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A small board with holes that hide paper slips you pay to push out to try to win a prize
- noun
- /ˈpʌntʃbɔrd/
- Archaic
:
tablero de premios
- At the carnival, children lined up excitedly to try their luck at the punchboard for a chance to win colorful prizes.
Examples
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He did the punchboard: sixty days.
Fiction book (1993) -
He spent his pocket money playing the punchboard, hoping to score a big stuffed animal.
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The local fair featured a punchboard booth where players could punch out slips to win various toys.
Surface Forms
punchboard singular
punchboards plural
Morphology
Etymology
Punchboard is a simple combination of punch ('to make a hole') and board ('a flat piece of wood'). It names a small board with holes you punch to take out a paper slip for a chance to win, which is why it was used in gambling and carnival games.