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amusement arcade

British  

noun

  1. a covered area having coin-operated game machines

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Woolwich Crown Court was told the teenagers believed Cashford, 49, was a paedophile after he met the girl by chance at an amusement arcade two days earlier and gave her his phone number.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

Back in Southend, while money topples out of one of the arcade machines, manager Mr Remblance stresses that he wants to keep his amusement arcade open all year round.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2019

I remember hearing Gangsters for the first time in 1979 when I was in an amusement arcade on my school holidays.

From The Guardian Feb. 3, 2019

More recently, the developer has been talking to a Florida-based entertainment company about building a 12-screen movie theater, a bowling alley, an amusement arcade and restaurants.

From Washington Times Apr. 26, 2017

The evening opened with Joybox, a slender but effective new "entertainment piece" from John McCabe, inspired by the sounds of a Japanese amusement arcade.

From The Guardian Jul. 26, 2013

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