"refidex" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-refidex.ogg [Australia] Forms: refidexes [plural]
Etymology: From the name (Refidex) of a particular brand of street directory, possibly from ref(erence) + (i)n(dex). Head templates: {{en-noun}} refidex (plural refidexes)
  1. (Australia, Queensland, informal) Any street directory. Tags: Australia, informal Synonyms: Refidex

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the name (Refidex) of a particular brand of street directory, possibly from ref(erence) + (i)n(dex).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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          "name": "Queensland English",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Melissa Lucashenko, Steam pigs, page 76",
          "text": "And with a refidex in the glovebox, she couldn't see any huge problems.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 December 10, Roy Wilke, “Shortest distance between stations”, in aus-rail (Usenet)",
          "text": "The refidex shows that Clayfield and Hendra are 500 metres apart, and \"Airport\" and \"Eagle Farm\" are 1.1km apart.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 April 6, Ben Fowler, “Linux user groups for Brisbane??I”, in aus.computers.linux (Usenet)",
          "text": "The meetings themselves are held in Hawken Building at UQ (building 50 on the campus refidexes), and the next one will be Saturday week.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 December 28, Cruiser, “The Week in Review (v long)”, in alt.ozdebate (Usenet)",
          "text": "I'm driving, Kristy's navigating. For somebody who isn't used to reading a refidex she does a damn fine job.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, https://groups.google.com/group/daily_devotionals/browse_thread/thread/f6671e669a0de4cc/8cc50e20e115de5d?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=refidex#8cc50e20e115de5d",
          "text": "Even when UBD (Universal Business Directory’s) bought out Refidex, they continued to put Refidex on the front cover. Actually any street directory to a Brisbanite is a “refidex”."
        }
      ],
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        "Any street directory."
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          "directory"
        ]
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        "(Australia, Queensland, informal) Any street directory."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Refidex"
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        "Australia",
        "informal"
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  "etymology_text": "From the name (Refidex) of a particular brand of street directory, possibly from ref(erence) + (i)n(dex).",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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        "Queensland English"
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Melissa Lucashenko, Steam pigs, page 76",
          "text": "And with a refidex in the glovebox, she couldn't see any huge problems.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 December 10, Roy Wilke, “Shortest distance between stations”, in aus-rail (Usenet)",
          "text": "The refidex shows that Clayfield and Hendra are 500 metres apart, and \"Airport\" and \"Eagle Farm\" are 1.1km apart.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 April 6, Ben Fowler, “Linux user groups for Brisbane??I”, in aus.computers.linux (Usenet)",
          "text": "The meetings themselves are held in Hawken Building at UQ (building 50 on the campus refidexes), and the next one will be Saturday week.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 December 28, Cruiser, “The Week in Review (v long)”, in alt.ozdebate (Usenet)",
          "text": "I'm driving, Kristy's navigating. For somebody who isn't used to reading a refidex she does a damn fine job.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, https://groups.google.com/group/daily_devotionals/browse_thread/thread/f6671e669a0de4cc/8cc50e20e115de5d?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=refidex#8cc50e20e115de5d",
          "text": "Even when UBD (Universal Business Directory’s) bought out Refidex, they continued to put Refidex on the front cover. Actually any street directory to a Brisbanite is a “refidex”."
        }
      ],
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        "Any street directory."
      ],
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        "(Australia, Queensland, informal) Any street directory."
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    {
      "word": "Refidex"
    }
  ],
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}

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