coin-operated

English

Alternative forms

coin-op (clipped form)

Adjective

coin-operated (not comparable)

Operated, or activated, by placing coins in a slot.
- 1960 July, Robert G. Lewis, publisher, Railway Age, “Letters to the Editor: Telephones in trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 448:
  Just as a matter of information, the Pennsylvania Railroad has unattended coin-operated public telephones on its "Congressional Limiteds" between New York and Washington and on the "Broadway Limited" between New York and Chicago.

Synonyms

coin-in-the-slot

Translations

operated by coins

Chinese:
Mandarin: 投幣式的／投币式的 (tóubìshì de)
Finnish: kolikko- (fi), kolikkokäyttöinen, kolikoilla toimiva
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

donpeacorite

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