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coin box
noun
- a locked container or receptacle for holding coins deposited in a pay telephone, pinball machine, turnstile, or other coin-operated machine.
coin box
noun
- the part of a coin-operated machine into which coins are placed
Word History and Origins
Origin of coin box1
Example Sentences
To “view” the museum, you just need to drop quarters into the coin boxes and look through viewing slots to check out the collection.
Gerald R. Ford International Airport is adding coin boxes where travelers can drop their money instead of putting it in a bowl and then scrambling to retrieve it after a security check.
Upon their release in the fall of 1972, Mr. Dabney said, the machines became so popular that several of them stopped working because their coin boxes grew overstuffed with quarters.
The Kenosha couple is charged with theft and entry into a locked coin box.
I took out my coin box from underneath the mattress and removed the top.
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