Rolodex

American  

[roh-luh-deks] / ˈroʊ ləˌdɛks /

Trademark.

1. a small desktop file containing cards for names, addresses, and phone numbers.

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Rolodex British  

/ ˈrəʊləˌdɛks /

noun

1. a small file for holding names, addresses, and telephone numbers, consisting of cards attached horizontally to a rotatable central cylinder

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Example Sentences

For Wells executives, the investment bank build-out was seen as a natural next step, given its vast Rolodex of corporate and commercial clients.

From The Wall Street Journal

Today he has a Rolodex of A-list directors that would make many talent agents envious.

From The Wall Street Journal

Linklater, shooting en français with subtitles, whisks characters past the lens so fast that your mental Rolodex is full in 15 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times

Poitras takes viewers inside Hersh’s process: the notebooks crammed with barely decipherable shorthand, the Rolodexes packed with names and numbers, the long calls coaxing sources to talk.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a practice that has remained a major part of her creative Rolodex.

From Los Angeles Times