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juke⋅box

[jook-boks]
–noun
a coin-operated phonograph, typically in a gaudy, illuminated cabinet, having a variety of records that can be selected by push button.
Also called juke.


Origin:
1915–20; juke ( joint ) + box 1
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juke·box   (jōōk'bŏks')   
n.  A money-operated phonograph or compact disk player, equipped with pushbuttons for the selection of particular recordings. See Regional Note at juke1.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

jukebox 
1937, from jook joint (1935), Black English slang, from juke, joog "wicked, disorderly," in Gullah (the creolized English of the coastlands of S.C., Ga., and northern Fla.), from Wolof and Bambara dzug "unsavory."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

jukebox hardware, storage
A hardware mechanism for allowing access to one of a group of discs, especially CD-ROMs or other optical media.
[Or magnetic tapes?]
(1996-12-10)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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