card catalogue

noun

a catalogue of books, papers, etc, filed on cards

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How to use card catalogue in a sentence

I am having a card catalogue, each containing a sort of who's who, of all Americans in Europe of whom we hear.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I | Burton J. Hendrick
A card-catalogue would be a good system for keeping that record, I should think, with dates of the arrival of the cases.
Short Stories of the New America | Various
Otherwise, use reference cards, like those employed in a library for a card catalogue, or else sheets of note paper.
Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume I (of 14) | Mississippi Historical Society
It almost required a card catalogue to keep track of where one's things were.
Carl and the Cotton Gin | Sara Ware Bassett
She was the card catalogue of his ever-changing personal relations.
A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays | Willa Cather

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