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US
/ˈɹoʊɫəˌdɛks/
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NOUN
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(trademark) a desktop rotary card index with removable cards; usually used for names, addresses, and telephone numbers
a news reporter has to have a good Rolodex
How To Use Rolodex In A Sentence
- Latovsky turned Mrs Meeker's Rolodex looking for Cohen's number. DOLL'S EYES
- Many of the best applications come from accomplished programmers who have working product demos but lack gilt-edged Valley Rolodexes. The Disruptor In The Valley
- In terms of the Powell approach, I'm not sure exactly what the Powell approach is, other than thumbing through his Rolodex.
- Flip through my rolodex. Find someone elseto escort me tonight.
- The ace analysts are mostly seasoned vets with Rolodexes of industry contacts.
- Choosing a photo from the "Rolodex" takes twice as long as choosing from a grid list in the gallery, and scrolling through your favourite contacts is much slower than opening your address book. ZDNET.com.au
- In a boneheaded error straight out of an Evelyn Waugh novel, a high-level muckymuck at the Times must have barked, "Get me Billy Crystal for the Op-Ed page!" and some poor schnook thumbed through a rolodex and called The Wrong Guy. Hullabaloo
- His bride embarked on the usual charitable activities associated with royal consorts, but with the benefit of a much livelier Rolodex: old chums like Sinatra and Bob Hope turned Monégasque fundraising galas into the touring version of the starrier Friars 'Club roasts. A Gentleman, of a Kind
- It is without doubt the best window management interface there is - way better than Windows Flip and WAY better than the ridiculous, LINEAR "Rolodex" that is Flip 3D (looks cool though, don't it?). WebWorkerDaily
- If you retype a Rolodex into a database format, the individual cards in the Rolodex correspond to what in the database?