Meanings
plural refidexes · alternative Refidex
- AustraliainformalAny street directory.
And with a refidex in the glovebox, she couldn't see any huge problems.
1997, Melissa Lucashenko, Steam pigs, page 764 more examples
The refidex shows that Clayfield and Hendra are 500 metres apart, and "Airport" and "Eagle Farm" are 1.1km apart.
1998 December 10, Roy Wilke, “Shortest distance between stations”, in aus-rail (Usenet)The meetings themselves are held in Hawken Building at UQ (building 50 on the campus refidexes), and the next one will be Saturday week.
1999 April 6, Ben Fowler, “Linux user groups for Brisbane??I”, in aus.computers.linux (Usenet)I'm driving, Kristy's navigating. For somebody who isn't used to reading a refidex she does a damn fine job.
2001 December 28, Cruiser, “The Week in Review (v long)”, in alt.ozdebate (Usenet)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”.
2010, https://groups.google.com/group/daily_devotionals/browse_thread/thread/f6671e669a0de4cc/8cc50e20e115de5d?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=refidex#8cc50e20e115de5d
Origin
From the name (Refidex) of a particular brand of street directory, possibly from a blend of reference + index.
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refidex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refidex
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