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coin-operated

a. Operated, or activated by placing coins in a slot

WordNet
coin-operated

adj. of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins; "a coin-operated telephone"

Usage examples of "coin-operated".

That was how low my fortunes had ebbed: reduced to sleeping in a coin-operated cubicle.

She had no real reason to assume that she was safer in this coin-operated laundry than in the middle of the woods.

Inside, he finds six coin-operated washing machines, four gas dryers, a vending machine filled with small boxes of detergents and fabric softeners, a large table on which clean clothes can be folded, and a pair of deep sinks.

The kid nodded toward a coin-operated newspaper stand just inside the door.