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vending machine

noun

  1. a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.



vending machine

noun

  1. Also called: automat.a machine that automatically dispenses consumer goods such as cigarettes, food, or petrol, when money is inserted

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vending machine1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Naloxone became so mainstream that in certain areas you could find vending machines dispensing it for free.

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The surface is now home to scavengers, soldiers, mutants, and ghouls, all doing their best to survive on spoiled food, brackish water, and whatever’s left in long-abandoned vending machines.

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It was to be sold in vending machines and other settings in hospitals, hotels, convenience stores and airports, and by airlines.

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One, roughly the size and shape of a small vending machine, is in street clothes while the other towers over him in skates and a white-and-black hockey sweater.

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The Old Tractor Shed Farm Shop in Brookland has installed three vending machines which continue to offer a range of products when the main business is closed.

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