coin-op
Britishnoun
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Its 3,600-square-foot space boasts 70 games, including a small — emphasis on small — retro section where one will find coin-op cabinets of “Tron,” “Centipede,” “Mortal Kombat” and a “Ms. Pac-Man” head-to-head arcade table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
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
Some sort of Easter egg, hidden inside this old coin-op videogame.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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