Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piece of card-clothing used for cleansing files from metallic dust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable Material with embedded wire teeth used for cleaning files;
card-clothing - noun countable A tool for removing debris from between the teeth of a
file .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dario shifted his top file-card to the bottom, once again nearly dropped the whole stack, recovered, and looked out at his audience again.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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I used a calculator to do payroll and instituted a file-card system for keeping track of people with whom we did business.
Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007
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I used a calculator to do payroll and instituted a file-card system for keeping track of people with whom we did business.
Steve and Me Terri Irwin 2007
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During most of one week Martin lectured from file-card notes.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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"Okay," he said; he'd found what he was looking for, a packet of file-card notes which he riffled affectionately with a thumb, then set neatly on a corner of the desk top.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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There it was, right in front of my nose, an entry in the usual file-card form, complete with a location code for dock and wharf.
Chase the Morning Rohan, Michael Scott 1990
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Both files and rasps can be cleaned with a _file-card_, Fig. 148.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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These were all real people whose names I wrote down on the file-card, as instructed.
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