nickel-in-the-slot love

nickel-in-the-slot

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  • noun historical, attributive Operated by a nickel, especially of an early jukebox or slot machine.

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Examples

  • The machine was originally called the “nickel-in-the-slot player” by Louis Glass, the entrepreneur who installed it at the Palais Royale.

    Nov. 23, 1889: S.F. Gin Joint Hears the World's First Jukebox 2007

  • Consequently, he begged to notify all concerned, and Raleigh in particular, that he had installed a turnstile with a nickel-in-the-slot machine which he hoped would be found to pay for itself.

    In the days of my youth when I was a student in the University of Virginia, 1888-1893. James Powell Cocke 1947

  • Where are the awful corner-groceries that helped the saloons to ruin men and boys, and where are the busy nickel-in-the-slot machines and shameless smokers in the street-cars?

    A Backward Glance at Eighty Murdock, Charles A 1921

  • His critics say that Veregin is an all-puissant autocrat; that he is the incarnation of the nickel-in-the-slot machine; that he has an itching palm.

    Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910

  • This led to the demand for a nickel-in-the-slot machine, which, when established, became immensely popular over the whole country.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions, vol. 2 1910

  • This led to the demand for a nickel-in-the-slot machine, which, when established, became immensely popular over the whole country.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905

  • But he consented to install a nickel-in-the-slot machine in his tavern last week, and it was standing on a table when Mr. McKenna came in.

    Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • Mr. Dooley saluted Mr. McKenna with unusual cordiality, and Mr. McKenna inspected the nickel-in-the-slot machine with affectation of much curiosity.

    Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • Elsewhere were nickel-in-the-slot machines, cigar-lighters, a vase of wax flowers under glass, and a racing chart setting forth the day's odds, weights, and entries.

    Vandover and the Brute Frank Norris 1886

  • I asked Miss Estelle where to go and told her I didn't think the nickel-in-the-slot machines were very accurate -- Well, what's wrong with that? "

    The Spanish Chest Edna Adelaide Brown

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