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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A small, rudimentary movie theater that charged five cents for admission, popular in North America from about 1905 to 1915.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A coin-operated player piano, often elaborated with percussion, banjos, bells, whistles, and other musical instruments and noise-makers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An American jukebox operated by nickels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Nickelodeon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jukebox
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Broader terms: record player, phonograph
History
From nickel (“coin worth 5 cents”) + odeon.
