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Michelin
(ˈmɪtʃəlɪn, ‖ miʃlɛ̃)
The name of André Michelin (1853–1931) and Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), French manufacturers of motor vehicles, used to designate motor-vehicle tyres produced by the company they founded; freq. with allusion to the symbols included in its advertising, or to the gastronomic and touring guides produced by the company.
1902C. L. Freeston in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors 226 The tyre which was most favourably known abroad, i.e. the Michelin. Ibid., The Michelin tyre is made in various sizes. 1921W. J. Locke Mountebank iv. 45 The avocations that had led him to know the Inns of France with the accuracy of a Michelin guide. 1933A. G. Macdonell England, their England vii. 99 A blazer of purple-and-yellow stripes..surmounted by a purple-and-yellow cap that made him somehow reminiscent of the Michelin twins. 1934H. Miller Tropic of Cancer 18 A caricature of a man... Thyroid eyes, Michelin lips. 1951G. Greene End of Affair iii. vii. 145, I can't stand twenty-four hours of maps and Michelin guides. 1954Observer 18 July 10/3 The Michelin man (whose name is..Bibendum) is..evocative of such delights as foreign travel, luscious food, the best maps in the world. 1958E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. i. 11 Baedekers and Michelins and museum catalogues..discarded as too boring and corny. 1959Motor Manual (ed. 36) v. 130 The unusual Michelin X, in which three layers of steel cords are built into the cover between the casing and the tread. 1962L. Deighton Ipcress File 221 Joigny a Michelin-starred town a hundred kilometres south of Paris. 1968A. Diment Gt. Spy Race viii. 125 The old charlatan has got a Michelin star to his name. 1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. B. 244 They [sc. down jackets] had the advantage of being quite close-fitting and did not make one feel like the Michelin tyre man. 1972Guardian 20 Oct. 13/2 The spirit of the French Michelin man is quietly pacing the British byways. Michelin will bring out their first guide to British hotels and restaurants in March 1974. 1975R. Hill Jackdaw 147 He opened his Michelin..and studied the list of hotels. |