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nickelodeon
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]
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, turntableFor further exploring for "nickelodeon" in Webster Dictionary Online