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Dettol|ˈdɛtɒl, -əl|
Also dettol.
[Invented name.]
A proprietary name for germicidal liquids and lotions based on chloroxylenol and used esp. as disinfectants for the skin and surgical instruments; spec. a brown liquid household disinfectant.
1931Trade Marks Jrnl. 25 Feb. 280/2 Dettol... Chemical substances used for agricultural, horticultural, veterinary and sanitary purposes. Reckitt & Sons, Limited. 1938‘J. Bell’ Port of London Murders x. 176 ‘All doctors have lysol.’ ‘Mine doesn't,..he has Dettol. He says lysol's out of date. It doesn't smell so bad as lysol – Dettol, I mean... And it goes a thick white with water.’ 1959H. Pinter Birthday Party i. 12, I scrubbed the place out with Dettol. 1960G. Butler Death lives Next Door vii. 151 Another smell, something faintly medicinal and disinfectant, as if the lady had been having a bath in dettol. 1977Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 27) 513/2 Skin sensitivity to Dettol. |