noun
Rolodex
noun
1
A rotating desktop file used to store contact cards, or, more broadly, one's network of professional contacts.
"She has an impressive rolodex of industry contacts."
"His old office Rolodex was crammed with business cards."
How to Use Rolodex
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishOriginally the physical spinning card-file device; today mostly used figuratively for someone's list of useful contacts.
Common pairings
a big rolodex
rolodex of contacts
Word Forms
Rolodexed past tense, Rolodexes plural, Rolodexes singular
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Etymology
A genericized trademark blending "rolling" and "index".