: a self-service machine (such as a washing machine or arcade game) that is operated by coins
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The arcade version follows two nameless shinobi through a Double Dragon-style beat ‘em up game with little in the way of story (in true coin-op fashion).
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Reading the bulletin board was free, but posting a listing cost a quarter, payable by the coin-op mechanism.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2017
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Reading the bulletin board was free, but posting a listing cost a quarter, payable by the coin-op mechanism.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2017
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“Coin-op.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coin-op. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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