[Hi and Lois, September 12, 2008.]
Thumb-notches at the top! Not drawn from life.
[Yes, they're thumb-notches. The alphabetical tabs are thumb-index tabs or index tabs. Thumb-indexing or thumb-notching goes back to at least the late 19th century. I wrote to Merriam-Webster years ago to ask what those thingamajigs are called, never guessing that the reply would be relevant to Hi and Lois.]
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I don't know why it is such a happy thought, but I love the you wrote to Merriam-Webster to ask what they were called. :)
I'm sure they liked getting that letter. The funny part is that the Explanatory Chart at the front of the Third New International seems to explain every part of a dictionary page but the thumb-notches.
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