nickelodeon


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nickelodeon /ˌnɪkəˈləʊdɪən/
noun N. Amer.
  • 1 informal, dated a jukebox, originally one operated by the insertion of a nickel.
  • 2 historical a cinema charging one nickel.
– origin early 20th cent.: from nickel + a shortened form of melodeon.
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