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nick⋅el⋅o⋅de⋅on

  [nik-uh-loh-dee-uhn]
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–noun
1. an early motion-picture theater where a film or a variety show could be seen, usually for the admission price of a nickel.
2. an early jukebox that was operated by inserting nickels.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; nickel (def. 2) + (mel)odeon
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nick·el·o·de·on   (nĭk'ə-lō'dē-ən)   
n.  

  1. An early movie theater charging an admission price of five cents.

  2. A player piano.

  3. A jukebox.


[nickel + (Mel)odeon, music hall; see melodeon.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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nickelodeon 
1888, "motion picture theater," from nickel "five-cent coin" (the cost to view one) + -odeon, as in Melodeon (1840) "music hall," ult. from Gk. oideion "building for musical performances." Meaning "nickel jukebox" is first attested 1938.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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