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Kleenex orig. U.S.|ˈkliːnɛks|
The proprietary name of an absorbent disposable cleansing paper tissue. Also attrib.
1925Picture-Play Mag. Apr. 107/2 (Advt.), This secret of famous stage beauties{ddd}is simply the use of Kleenex in removing cold cream and cosmetics... This soft velvety absorbent is made of Cellucotton... Use it once, throw it away. 1925Trade Marks Jrnl. 15 July 1545 Kleenex... Absorbent pads or sheets (not medicated) for surgical or curative purposes or in relation to the health. Cellucotton Products Company.., City of Neenah,..Winnebago, State of Wisconsin, United States of America; Manufacturers. 1936N. Coward Play Parade (1954) IV. 90 They stuff wads of Kleenex paper in between their collars and their necks to prevent the make-up soiling their ties. 1942M. McCarthy Company She Keeps (1943) 197 The tears streamed from her eyes... He took a box of Kleenex from the drawer and handed it to her. 1956E. Ambler Night-Comers iv. 84 She had a box of Kleenex... She began to wipe off the grease. 1957‘Gypsy Rose Lee’ Gypsy xxiv. 315 She dabbed at her eyes with a tattered Kleenex, then shoved it back in her purse. 1967Listener 16 Mar. 368/3 The Master himself fulminates in California against some of his more conservative juniors, in an essay not yet reprinted in England (it dismisses Britten's War Requiem as Kleenex Music). 1969G. Greene Trav. with my Aunt xvii. 179 She wiped her fingers on the Kleenex and opened the yellow envelope. 1971Trade Marks Jrnl. 12 May 910/1 Kleenex... Babies' disposable napkins, diapers and lining sheets for all such goods... Kimberly-Clark Corporation.., Neenah, State of Wisconsin, United States of America; Manufacturers. 1974Listener 11 July 61/3 The almost unpopulated wilderness of Maine, where TV dinners and Kleenex are in short supply. |