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View synonyms for coin box

coin box

noun

  1. a locked container or receptacle for holding coins deposited in a pay telephone, pinball machine, turnstile, or other coin-operated machine.


coin box

noun

  1. the part of a coin-operated machine into which coins are placed
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of coin box1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

Then the thief took the coin box, containing between three and four hundred dollars, principally in gold.

One glance showed me that he was the bearer of a perfectly good coin-box, and in a second I had seized the opportunity.

She counted the telegram with a sweep of her pencil and flipped the change to Connor out of the coin-box.

And we are left in peace—now that our visitors have heard that we have a coin-box.

He was helped in and placed far forward, just under the coin box.

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