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Definition of nickelodeon in English: nickelodeonnoun ˌnɪkəˈləʊdɪənˌnɪkəˈloʊdiən North American 1dated, informal A jukebox, originally one operated by the insertion of a nickel coin. Example sentencesExamples - Songs well up from the subliminal nickelodeon in my head.
- This sounds like I'm describing the days of crystal-set radios and hand-cranked nickelodeons, I know.
- An equivalent system is the punched-hole stack of connected cards used in a pianola, or the rotating slotted-metal disk in a nickelodeon, where the music is being played in response to the arrangement of the holes.
- She devotes loving attention to her orchestra, and especially to the coin-operated nickelodeon, the earliest version of a juke box.
- Well, it's based on this Tijuana nickelodeon machine.
2historical A cinema with an admission fee of one nickel. Example sentencesExamples - In working class neighborhoods, children and teenagers flocked to the cheap storefront movie theaters, called nickelodeons, where even at night only a minority of the audience were adults.
- In 1918, the Chicago Motion Picture Commission heard evidence of the pernicious effect nickelodeons were having on America's youth.
- Another sound in the nickelodeons was the murmur of immigrant voices translating aloud the titles into the languages of Europe.
- Italian theaters and music halls, for example, largely gave way to vaudeville, nickelodeons, organized sports, and radio programming.
- Before long, thousands of nickelodeons popped up in cities across the country, ushering in a new era of the motion picture as profit-making industry, entertainment for the masses and pop culture juggernaut.
Synonyms movie theatre, movie house
Origin Early 20th century: from nickel + a shortened form of melodeon. Rhymes Cambodian, collodion, custodian, melodeon, Odeon Definition of nickelodeon in US English: nickelodeonnounˌnikəˈlōdēənˌnɪkəˈloʊdiən North American 1dated, informal A jukebox, originally one operated by the insertion of a nickel coin. Example sentencesExamples - Well, it's based on this Tijuana nickelodeon machine.
- Songs well up from the subliminal nickelodeon in my head.
- This sounds like I'm describing the days of crystal-set radios and hand-cranked nickelodeons, I know.
- An equivalent system is the punched-hole stack of connected cards used in a pianola, or the rotating slotted-metal disk in a nickelodeon, where the music is being played in response to the arrangement of the holes.
- She devotes loving attention to her orchestra, and especially to the coin-operated nickelodeon, the earliest version of a juke box.
2historical A movie theater with an admission fee of one nickel. Example sentencesExamples - Another sound in the nickelodeons was the murmur of immigrant voices translating aloud the titles into the languages of Europe.
- Italian theaters and music halls, for example, largely gave way to vaudeville, nickelodeons, organized sports, and radio programming.
- Before long, thousands of nickelodeons popped up in cities across the country, ushering in a new era of the motion picture as profit-making industry, entertainment for the masses and pop culture juggernaut.
- In 1918, the Chicago Motion Picture Commission heard evidence of the pernicious effect nickelodeons were having on America's youth.
- In working class neighborhoods, children and teenagers flocked to the cheap storefront movie theaters, called nickelodeons, where even at night only a minority of the audience were adults.
Synonyms movie theatre, movie house
Origin Early 20th century: from nickel + a shortened form of melodeon. |