Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Usage examples of "pin-ball".
The jittery pill-popper turned his attentions to a pin-ball machine inside the entrance.
From the beamed ceiling hung some old lanterns and a pin-ball machine stood abandoned in one corner.
That huge room was bare now, but in season it would be filled with a variety of pin-ball machines, shuffleboard, bowling, shooting galleries, electronic games, and carnival booths where you could get your fortune told or where a boy could spend ten dollars in quarters to win a three-dollar toy animal for his best girl.
Chick is an expert mechanic on pin-ball machines and other gambling devices.
Gompton wouldn't let us use, and some real old pin-ball machines that she wouldn't even let us stand near, and great ice cream.
It's dusty show-windows were crammed full of bar stools, gilded chairs and pin-ball games.