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coin-operated (not comparable)
- Operated, or activated, by placing coins in a slot.
1960 July, Robert G. Lewis, publisher, Railway Age, “Letters to the Editor: Telephones in trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 448:Just as a matter of information, the Pennsylvania Railroad has unattended coin-operated public telephones on its "Congressional Limiteds" between New York and Washington and on the "Broadway Limited" between New York and Chicago.
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