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index card
noun
- a card, often relatively small, as 3 × 5 inches (7.6 × 12.7 centimeters), used in noting or recording information and usually filed in an index.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of index card1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
Back then, they would write down examples of a word on an index card and mail it to the editors.
From The Daily Beast
When the numerical index is adopted, an alphabetical index card with cross-references, including the docket index, is used.
From Project Gutenberg
See—adjustable to hold with perfect ease an envelope, an index card, or a strip of paper no wider than a postage stamp.
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This is an index card, and is placed in the front of the file.
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A follow-up of the claims is provided by a plain index card on which is written the name of the debtor and number of the claim.
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An index card is then filled in with the name of the subject and the number of the folder, and filed alphabetically.
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