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Ronuk, n.|ˈrɒnʌk|
Also ronuk.
The proprietary name of a make of polish; spec. a brand of floor polish. Hence as v. trans., to polish with Ronuk. Also ˈronuked ppl. a.; ˈronuker, one who uses Ronuk.
1896Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 Apr. 325 Ronuk... Polishing preparations. Thomas Mottley Fowler and Thomas Horace Fowler, trading as T. M. Fowler,..Brighton; manufacturers. 1912Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 4/5 ‘Ronuk’ imparts a brilliant polish. a1913‘Baron Corvo’ Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) i. 3 The profane vulgar who want..brown boots properly ronuked, and linen stiffly starched. 1916Yorkshire Post 29 June 10/3 In one hall three or four shovel-fuls of dirt are taken up by the ronukers as against one in any other hall, and twice as long is taken to ronuk this hall than any other hall, and three times the amount of ronuk is needed. 1918Kipling in Story-Teller Dec. 227/1 You'll often find half a dozen Brethren..polishing and ronuking and sweeping everything they can get at. 1927W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 66 One curious development of some nouns is their power to form verbs: to zog a stain off (with a scouring powder), to ronuk [rɔnʌk] a floor (polish). 1929Trade Marks Jrnl. 6 Mar. 404/2 Ronuk... Floor polish. Ronuk, Limited,..Portslade,..London,..Manchester; and..Cape Town, South Africa. 1955N. Balchin Fall of Sparrow ii. 62 He was a big, bulky man, completely bald, and it was believed that the house matron polished his head every day with Ronuk. |