Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A system of keeping records, in which each item is entered on a separate card.
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Examples
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"We also urgently need a personal ID card-system introduced,"
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To put an end to this nefarious practice the card-system was introduced; but that, it is said, has now been similarly abused.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Various
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And no matter how great your invention, how sweet your song, how sublime your picture, how perfect your card-system, until you are able to convince the world that it needs the thing, and you get the money for it, you are not a Businessman.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885
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