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coin-in-the-slot

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  • Orchestrions sometimes known as “nickelodeons” because one version operated by a coin-in-the-slot system and other such musical gizmos were comprehensively catalogued in the 1972 Encyclopedia of Automated Musical Instruments produced by Q.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • Orchestrions sometimes known as “nickelodeons” because one version operated by a coin-in-the-slot system and other such musical gizmos were comprehensively catalogued in the 1972 Encyclopedia of Automated Musical Instruments produced by Q.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • I had 'une drame de toilette' there once which is too embarrassing to relate, but it had a lot to do with the coin-in-the-slot access.....

    Confucious say, Woman who move to France must carry toilet paper in bag 2005

  • I kissed her on her forehead, our tiredness mutual, and travelled with Jett in her car to Paddington Station, terminus of trains to the west, playground of suicidal manic-depressives (but not of Glenda) and home of a simple coin-in-the-slot photo-copying machine.

    Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999

  • She had installed a coin-in-the-slot electric meter for me, and approved a toaster, a kettle, a tiny table-top cooker and new plugs for a television and a razor.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • She had installed a coin-in-the-slot electric meter for me, and approved a toaster, a kettle, a tiny table-top cooker and new plugs for a television and a razor.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • The International Telemeter Corporation, controlled by Paramount, employs a coin-in-the-slot device.

    Movies and TV: Murder or Merger? 1969

  • The International Telemeter Corporation, controlled by Paramount, employs a coin-in-the-slot device.

    Movies and TV: Murder or Merger? 1953

  • In fact, Scottish women now endure the highest incidence of malignant melanoma of any demographic group in the world, up threefold in a generation, entirely as a result of their addiction to coin-in-the-slot sunbeds.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Tim Moore 2012

  • In fact, Scottish women now endure the highest incidence of malignant melanoma of any demographic group in the world, up threefold in a generation, entirely as a result of their addiction to coin-in-the-slot sunbeds.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Tim Moore 2012

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