单词 | nickelodeon |
释义 | nickelodeonn. Chiefly North American. 1. Originally U.S. A theatre or cinema, or (occasionally) other place of entertainment, with an admission fee of one nickel. Now historical.The use of the word in connection with film rather than theatre is frequently associated with Harry Davis and John Harris of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who opened a cinema with this name there in 1905. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre little theatre1569 private house1604 private playhouse1609 amphitheatre1611 private theatre1633 droll-house1705 summer theatre1761 show shop1772 national theatre1816 minor1821 legitimate1826 patent house1827 patent theatre1836 showboat1839 music theatre1849 penny-gaff1856 saloon theatre1864 leg shop1871 people's theatre1873 nickelodeon1888 repertory theatre1891 studio theatre1891 legit1897 blood-tub1906 rep1906 small-timer1910 grind house1923 theatrette1927 indie1928 vaude1933 straw hat1935 theatre-in-the-round1948 straw-hatter1949 bughouse1952 theatre-restaurant1958 dinner theatre1959 theatre club1961 black box1971 pub theatre1971 performance space1972 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > types of nickelodeon1888 home theatre1914 screening room1918 art house1925 indie1928 drive-in1931 ozoner1948 bughouse1952 hardtop1955 cinematheque1965 multi1970 skin house1970 stroke house1971 multiscreen1974 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > amusement arcade amusement arcade1901 nickelodeon1927 1888 Boston Sunday Globe 16 Sept. 10/4 On Oct. 1 William Austin's new Nickelodeon, a nickel-plated museum, will be opened to the public... Colonel Austin is preparing what is styled a perfect palace of beauty, in gloss white, nickel and gold. 1888 Boston Evening Transcript 1 Oct. 5/7 (advt.) Especially Designed For Ladies and Children. Wm. Austin & Co.'s Nickelodeon... Admission Only Five Cents. 1908 Moving Picture World 16 May 433/1 A visit to more than two hundred nickelodeons failed to detect one indecent or immoral feature. 1921 Ladies' Home Jrnl. June 79/1 It is this class which first patronized the old nickelodeon, and undoubtedly it imposed its tastes and its traditions on the picture makers. 1927 F. Hurst Song of Life 292 The nickelodeons and the gewgaw shops of the most terrific city in the world. 1955 G. Greene Quiet Amer. 188 It must have belonged to the same era as the nickelodeon. 1987 D. Clandfield Canad. Film i. 1 John Griffin's cut-price Theatorium in Toronto, the first of the Canadian Nickelodeons. 2. A jukebox. Also: a player piano (= pianola n.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > juke-box nickelodeon1938 piccolo1938 1938 Florida Rev. Spring 25/1 The requisites of a place entitling it to the name jook are..presence of the nickelodeon, and..of the dance-floor. 1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle 68 A dance floor and a nickelodeon piano. 1949 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 15 Jan. 88/3 A nickelodeon at the end of the street emits a tinny piano tinkle. 1950 S. Weiss & B. Baum Music! Music! Music! (song lyrics) Put another nickel in In the nickelodeon All I want is having you And music, music, music. 1957 J. Frame Owls do Cry 76 Putting money in the nickelodeon. 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 Aug. 8/2 The former shepherd boy who used a $4,000 nickelodeon as a springboard to the top. 1988 Holiday Which? May 152/3 A nickelodeon belts out jolly music. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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