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Definition of Nickelodeon
1. Noun. A cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin.
Definition of Nickelodeon
1. n. A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents.
Definition of Nickelodeon
1. Noun. A coin-operated player piano, often elaborated with percussion, banjos, bells, whistles, and other musical instruments and noise-makers. ¹
2. Noun. An American jukebox operated by nickels. ¹
3. Noun. A small neighborhood movie theater, popular in America in the early 20th century. ¹
4. Noun. (alternative form of Nickelodeon) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nickelodeon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nickelodeon
Literary usage of Nickelodeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"It was called at various stages of its career, the "NATIONAL THEATRE," "ADLERS,"
the "COLUMBIA," " ROUMANIA," the " Nickelodeon " and " TEATRO ITALIANO. ..."
2. Homestead: The Households of a Mill Town by Margaret Frances Byington (1910)
"On a Saturday afternoon visit to a nickelodeon, which advertised that it ...
Still, for five cents the nickelodeon offers fifteen minutes' relaxation, ..."
3. Orlando & Central Florida by Don Philpott (1999)
"Nickelodeon Studios and Tour The Production Tram Tour returns you to the end of
Nickelodeon Way where you cross over the road to take the Nickelodeon ..."
4. The American Dramatist by Montrose Jonas Moses (1917)
"The nickelodeon without an idea behind it is a menace to the neighborhood.
The idea must be inserted, for there is no doubt that the moving-picture has come ..."
5. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
"When Eu-Shin turns on the Discovery Channel, he has something else in mind than
when he turns on Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon makes him laugh; the Discovery ..."
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