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Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages n. originally U.S. (usually with plural agreement) (originally) a section of a book, typically containing an index or other reference material, which has been printed on yellow paper; (in later use) a telephone directory, or a section of or supplement to one, in which businesses and other organizations are listed according to the goods or services they offer; cf. white pages n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f.The specific use with reference to telephone directories is first attested in the United States: see quot. 1909.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > index
repertory1542
elench1570
index1580
Yellow Pages1871
word index1880
thumb-index1903
thumb-register1904
society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > information retrieval > index
Yellow Pages1871
scan-column index1962
society > communication > book > kind of book > reference book > [noun] > directories > telephone directory
Yellow Pages1871
society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > telephone directory > classified section or supplement
Yellow Pages1871
1871 Times 16 May 4/3 (advt.) For full particulars see Yellow Pages in South-Western Time-tables for May.
1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. (verso rear cover) See the yellow pages in back of this book.
1909 N.Y. Times 23 June 1/2 (advt.) The stranger in New York will find a helpful guide in the Information Section, ‘Yellow Pages’, of the Telephone Directory.
1925 Washington Post 3 Aug. 3 (advt.) The yellow pages of the Telephone Book... The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.
1969 Times 5 May 26/2 Yellow Pages are the classified guide that will be part of everyone's GPO telephone directory soon.
1982 S. Brett Murder Unprompted i. 10 The random selection method of sticking a pin in the ‘Theatrical and Variety Agents’ section of the Yellow Pages.
2001 T. Hogg & M. Blau Secrets Baby Whisperer vii. 225/1 If no one you know has used an agency, look in parenting magazines or the yellow pages.
2015 J. S. Cooper Disillusioned vi. 104 The good thing about staying in cheap hotels is that they always have a Yellow Pages.
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