A casual, affectionate nickname for a jukebox — that coin-operated music machine that defined the vibe of American diners, pool halls, and roadside bars for decades. Calling it a jukie softens the nostalgia, turning a piece of vintage hardware into something almost personal. The term tends to show up in conversations about classic Americana, 50s and 60s culture, or any setting where someone's feeding quarters into a glowing machine to pick the next song.
Someone had loaded the jukie with nothing but Johnny Cash and nobody in the bar was complaining.
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(slang) A jukebox .
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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