skill crane

English

Noun

skill crane (plural skill cranes)

  1. Synonym of skill tester.
    • 2008 February 11, Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 94:
      Another application of unstable grasping—albeit morally condemnable—is confidence games, e.g., skill crane machines.
    • 2015 June 18, Brad Meltzer, The President's Shadow: The Culper Ring Trilogy 3, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 29:
      Like a skill crane with stuffed animals, Scottie squeezed tight, plucking the balls from the dirt. To his surprise, they weren't the only thing that came up.
    • 2017 September 7, Matthew Newton, Shopping Mall, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 113:
      Past a bank of vending machines and a skill crane teeming with colorful prizes, I stopped when I reached the end court outside of Macy's.
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