coin slots

Arcade machine mouths

Coin slots are narrow openings designed to accept coins, found on vending machines, parking meters, arcade games, and similar devices.

The term also refers, often humorously or crudely, to the visible cleft between someone's buttocks when their pants ride low—the resemblance to the mechanical slot being unmistakable.

His jeans sagged so much everyone could see his coin slot.

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quarters · loose change · spare change · jukebox · plunk · laundromats · washing machine · pinball machines · jangling · photo booths · machines · piggy banks · clink · toll booth · tokens · parking meter · vending · vending machines

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payment input method

coin slotscard readers

Devices decoding encoded strips

chip readers · tap-to-pay · credit card terminals · contactless payment · mobile payment

transaction direction

coin slotscoin dispensers

Mechanisms releasing metal currency

technological era

coin slotstouchless payment

Transaction without physical contact

subscription models

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G