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Noun: nickelodeon  ,ni-ku'low-dee-un
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
    "The diner's nickelodeon played classic rock hits from the 50s and 60s";
    - jukebox
     
  2. An early 20th-century form of small neighborhood movie theater
    "My grandfather used to watch silent films at the local nickelodeon"

Derived forms: nickelodeons

Type of: phonograph, record player

Encyclopedia: Nickelodeon