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Tupperware|ˈtʌpəwɛə(r)|
[Trade name, f. Earl S. Tupper, President of the Tupper Corporation + ware n.3]
The proprietary name of a range of plastic vessels, containers, etc., sold exclusively at ‘parties’ in private homes to which potential purchasers are invited. Freq. attrib.; also in allusive use.
1956Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 12 June tm 53 Tupperware... For Molded Plastic Tumblers, Canisters, Pitchers, Dispensers; Empty Condiment Holders... Empty Soap, Hair Massage and Tooth Brush Boxes [etc.]. First use Mar. 3, 1950. 1961Trade Marks Jrnl. 23 Aug. 1162/1 Tupperware... Small domestic utensils and containers..; combs and sponges; brushes.., Rexall Drug and Chemical Company.., City of Los Angeles, State of California, United States of America; manufacturers. 1965Which? Dec. 373/1 Are more expensive brands [of food container], in particular Tupperware, better than cheaper brands at storing foods? Ibid., You can't buy Tupperware in the shops. It is sold through local ‘dealers’... The dealer gets a housewife to be the hostess at a party. 1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 i. 9 Mrs Oedipa Maas came home from a Tupperware party whose hostess had perhaps put too much kirsch in the fondue. 1971N. Stacey Who Cares? viii. 131 We were not training a group of people to give Tupperware parties or sell cosmetics to housewives. 1979T. Barling Olympic Sleeper i. 15 There were too many cowboys on the Thames nowadays, playing sailors in their Tupperware boats. |