coin-op
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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If thorough sorting isn't feasible — for instance, if you use coin-op laundry or a shared laundry room — Richardson recommends at least washing whites separately.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2022
By 1970, Animal Behavior Enterprises was in the business of renting coin-operated animal attractions—the chicken in Norwood is inside a coin-op machine—where, for a dime or two, an animal would do its trick.
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2018
As a teenager in Austin, Texas, in the early 80s, he had witnessed the dawn of the coin-op era, feeding quarters into Pac-Man, Joust and Robotron machines.
From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2018
It’s not; I’ve been to the other side of the road, where usually there is a strip mall with a 7-Eleven, a nail salon, a coin-op laundry and a bail bondsman.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2017
I knew I probably wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep, so I decided to kill the remaining hours until dawn by brushing up on a few coin-op classics.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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