card catalog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of card catalog
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The jury threw not just the book at him, but the entire library, including the shelves and the card catalog:
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2023
"If you want to engineer a balanced immune response, you go to that card catalog, you find the particular TCR genes that, when engineered to build the cell therapy, can provide that balanced response."
From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023
Nervously, I looked around as I gathered the courage to walk over to the card catalog.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023
They are both practical and inspirational, an instruction manual for a new era and a card catalog for a society in crisis.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2020
He moved into the rotunda and did a quick card catalog search on one of the desktop computers.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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