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nickelodeon definition

☆ nickel·odeon (nik′əl ō′dē ən)

noun

  1. Etymology: nickel + Fr odéon < LL odeum, odeum

    an early 20th-cent. theater for exhibiting films, vaudeville, etc. to which the admission was five cents

  2. Etymology: nickel + (mel)odeon

    a player piano or type of jukebox operated by the insertion of a nickel in a slot

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