单词 | nickel-in-the-slot |
释义 | > as lemmasnickel-in-the-slot nickel-in-the-slot adj. U.S. (of a machine, etc.) operated by the insertion of a nickel. ΚΠ 1889 Tacoma (Washington) Daily News 13 Dec. 3/5 The latest nickel-in-the-slot scheme is really a stroke of genius and is destined to revolutionize cheap literature in this country. 1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 273 A nickel-in-the-slot phonograph. 1993 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 21 457 The urban institution known as the ‘nickel-in-the-slot’ phone receives only a passing glance..but their special relationships with pharmacies and other neighborhood stores..gave the pay phone a transcending importance. < as lemmas |
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