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jukebox
(jo̵̅o̅k′bäks′)
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noun
- a coin-operated player for records, discs, etc., used in restaurants, bars, etc.: a record, disc, etc. is chosen by pushing a button
- any device for playing CD's, accessing CD-ROM's, etc. in which one of several discs may be selected for use
Origin: Gullah juke, wicked, disorderly (as in juke-house, house of prostitution), of WAfr orig.
Also written juke box
See jukebox in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A money-operated phonograph or compact disk player, equipped with pushbuttons for the selection of particular recordings. See Regional Note at juke1.
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