slot - definition and meaning

coin slot

meaning solid coin The symbols of the pre-decimal This explains why so many pound coins fail to work in parking machines and other coin-slot machines

coin strike slot There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun coin-in-the-slot See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence Entry status

coin slot ear piercing It's difficult to discover who originally coined slang words Although I inserted my quarters into the coin slot, the chips won't come out of the vending