Definitions

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  • noun A box inside a machine that stores inserted coins, as in a gas meter or public telephone.

Etymologies

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coin +‎ box

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Examples

  • Squatting next to the coinbox, Jake took the special coin he'd brought with him out of an inner jacket pocket.

    Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

  • At some point in the morning I telephoned from the coinbox in the customers 'lounges to the art school in Liverpool, to ask for Chanter's home address.

    Rat Race Francis, Dick 1970

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