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coin-op

British  
/ ˈkɔɪnˌɒp /

noun

  1. a launderette or other service installation in which the machines are operated by the insertion of coins

"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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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

It set out to build a machine using exactly the same technology as its coin-op hits.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2020

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

Some sort of Easter egg, hidden inside this old coin-op videogame.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline