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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": [ { "form": "refidexes", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "refidex (plural refidexes)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Australian English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English genericized trademarks", "parents": [ "Genericized trademarks", "Terms by etymology", "Trademarks", "Terms by usage" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Queensland English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "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": "quote" }, { "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": "quote" }, { "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": "quote" }, { "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": "quote" }, { "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”." } ], "glosses": [ "Any street directory." ], "id": "en-refidex-en-noun-NaDIJmg4", "links": [ [ "directory", "directory" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Australia, Queensland, informal) Any street directory." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "Refidex" } ], "tags": [ "Australia", "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "en-au-refidex.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/En-au-refidex.ogg/En-au-refidex.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/En-au-refidex.ogg" } ], "word": "refidex" }
{ "etymology_text": "From the name (Refidex) of a particular brand of street directory, possibly from ref(erence) + (i)n(dex).", "forms": [ { "form": "refidexes", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "refidex (plural refidexes)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Australian English", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English genericized trademarks", "English informal terms", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Queensland English" ], "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": "quote" }, { "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": "quote" }, { "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": "quote" }, { "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": "quote" }, { "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”." } ], "glosses": [ "Any street directory." ], "links": [ [ "directory", "directory" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Australia, Queensland, informal) Any street directory." ], "tags": [ "Australia", "informal" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "en-au-refidex.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/En-au-refidex.ogg/En-au-refidex.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/En-au-refidex.ogg" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "Refidex" } ], "word": "refidex" }
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