Rolodex
15
7.9
- noun
- /ˈroʊləˌdɛks/
- Archaic
:
tarjetero giratorio
- She has a Rolodex filled with names and addresses of all her contacts.
- Rolodex cards
You know, you need to figure out what kind of Rolodex your sales Rep has.
- You know, you need to figure out what kind of Rolodex your sales Rep has.
- She, she has a better Rolodex than I have at this point, which is wonderful.
- And the one, the one asset that I did have was a good Rolodex.
- And you know, after a while you're, you know, you kind of going to these places, your name just kind of keeps coming up in their Rolodex, so they keep calling you.
- Should I just hire a guy like you and who's already got a Rolodex and just be like, hey, go book these guys on my show and what do you think?
- What I did have was a Rolodex of investor clients, a background in land development and construction and an idea.
- But what about the rest of us that don't have, you know, all those people in our our Rolodex to delegate test of government?
Examples
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My virtual Rolodex includes a cadre of lawyers, but none who focus on estate planning themselves.
Blog text (18) -
With a quick scan of our network's Rolodex, I find the number for the University Club, home of the partners' retreat.
Fiction book (2002) -
She, she has a better Rolodex than I have at this point, which is wonderful.
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It's right there in the Rolodex, or whatever.
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Help me finish looking through this old Rolodex here.
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I need you to go in and pull his card from my rolodex while I look for a pen.
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Okay, time to dig out the old Rolodex.
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Keep an up-to-date rolodex of important addresses and phone numbers.
Academic text (2003) -
Maybe he'd moved away and had filed her phone number in his Rolodex.
Fiction book (2000) -
She's on the Rolodex.
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Morphology
Etymology
Rolodex started as a brand name made from roll ('to turn') and index ('a list of names'). It refers to a rotating card file for names, addresses, and phone numbers, so Rolodex now means a contact list you can quickly flip through.