coin-operated

American  

[koin-op-uh-rey-tid] / ˈkɔɪnˌɒp əˌreɪ tɪd /

adjective

Informal.

1. Also coin-op activated by inserting a coin or coins into a slot.

   a coin-operated washing machine.

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noun

1. a coin-operated machine.

2. a place with such machines, especially a self-service laundry.

Etymology

Origin of coin-operated

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Thousands of motels once advertised coin-operated vibrating mattresses and other phenomena from last century.

From Los Angeles Times

Mom would drive into Santa Monica to wash and fold mountains of towels, socks and underwear at a coin-operated laundry on Montana Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times

Watch it rise in the sky from the Griffith Observatory, which has free public telescopes as well as coin-operated ones.

From Los Angeles Times

For the zoomers reading, that’s a coin-operated phone you can use to make calls.

From Los Angeles Times

While in line to pay, I watch children take turns on the coin-operated Sandy horse.

From Salon