Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Operated by coins.
- n. A coin-operated device, such as an arcade game or penny arcade.
Etymologies
- Clipping of coin-operated (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Two of them were the Metal Gears you've already heard of, one online coin-op arcade Metal Gear that will start in Japan and then aim overseas (though I'm skeptical Konami can really launch arcades in the U.S. and Europe in any kind of visible way) -- and then he announced he's supporting Spanish studio MercurySteam on the next Castlevania.”
“Artist Brock Davis put together 3 pieces of impressionist art based on classic coin-op arcade games.”
“Convincing him to pick up a plastic shotgun and play "Big Buck Safari" on our office coin-op machine.”
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“The car dealers are among a handful of small-scale enterprises—ranging from a coin-op laundry to restaurants, gas stations and shops—that have managed to resume operations in this badly damaged community.”
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“The poorly maintained coin-op pool tables went from $1.00/play to $1.50/play after my first year. were When questioned about it, "You're paying for convenience." was the response.”
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“They work out of the breakfast nook, subsist on Subway sandwiches and donated chili dinners, and make frequent visits to the coin-op laundry.”
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“Open until 6am, the bar offers multiplayer games on giant flat-screens as well as coin-op arcade classics: The line outside stretched halfway around the block - but, fortunately, I'm with Tony so there's no waiting.”
“In a city where "vintage" apparel costs more than the duds at Barneys and a coin-op wash runs $3, it's no wonder it's said that hipsters have been raiding the clothing bins.”
“GOLD to go A gold coin-op in Abu Dhabi In Rome last year, Italian entrepreneur Claudio Torghele debuted Let's Pizza, a vending machine housing a robot that turns flour, tomato sauce and water into a pizza pie in three minutes and for $6, about half the price of an average margherita pizza in Rome.”
“That's an actual Tron coin-op video game that came out after the film, not the Space Paranoids game that Flynn plays in the original movie.”
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