nickelodeon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nick=el=o=de=on

CIDE DICTIONARY

nickelodeon, n. [Nickel + odeon.].

•  A place of entertainment, as for moving picture exhibition, charging a fee or admission price of five cents.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  An early version of a jukebox that was operated by insertion of a nickel{2}.  [PJC]
•  The name of a Cable Television channel, specializing in programs for children.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nickelodeon, n. US colloq. a jukebox.

Etymology

NICKEL + MELODEON

THESAURUS

nickelodeon

Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system, audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pickup, changer, cinema, cinematograph, crystal pickup, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, drive-in, four-channel stereo system, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, kinematograph, magnetic pickup, monaural system, mono, movie theater, moving-picture theater, needle, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pickup, picture house, picture palace, public-address system, quadraphonic sound system, radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player, sound reproduction system, sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus, system, tape deck, tape recorder, tone arm, transcription turntable, turntable