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card catalog
noun
- a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of card catalog1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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The area was chock-full of things—not only books but old files, card catalogs, leather map tubes, gramophones and older news-box editions, dusty albums, photographs, and so on—displayed in glass.
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The jury threw not just the book at him, but the entire library, including the shelves and the card catalog:
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"We show that there is basically a card catalog available," Heath added.
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Nervously, I looked around as I gathered the courage to walk over to the card catalog.
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And when I got confused when Mrs. Rouse was explaining about the online card catalog, Betsy didn’t make fun of me.
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