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Filofax

American  
[fahy-luh-faks] / ˈfaɪ ləˌfæks /
Trademark.
  1. a datebook also containing space for addresses, a calendar, and specialized inserts, as maps and checklists.


Filofax British  
/ ˈfaɪləʊˌfæks /

noun

  1. a type of loose-leaf ring binder with sets of different-coloured paper, used as a portable personal filing system, including appointments, addresses, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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So you learn, when things felt …not in control…I would become very organized, and that sort of was my center, that was my meditation, you know, redoing my Filofax or refolding my socks.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Few could argue that Ms. Harris, hovering around 5 percent in early polling, entered the 2003 race at much of an advantage, even as her fund-raising drew on an ungainly Filofax full of high-end contacts.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2019

Rachel remembers how he had set off, only to return five minutes later because he had forgotten his Filofax.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2019

He had no alibi and could not say what he was doing on the burglary weekend as “I’m not a Filofax person”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2019

Miranda opened up her Filofax, where she had written “Mottery Dixit.”

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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