Definitions
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- noun A
box inside a machine that stores insertedcoins , as in a gas meter or publictelephone .
Etymologies
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coin + box
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Examples
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Squatting next to the coinbox, Jake took the special coin he'd brought with him out of an inner jacket pocket.
Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010
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At some point in the morning I telephoned from the coinbox in the customers 'lounges to the art school in Liverpool, to ask for Chanter's home address.
Rat Race Francis, Dick 1970
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