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Brillo

American  
[bril-oh] / ˈbrɪl oʊ /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of scouring pad of fine, intermeshed steel wool impregnated with cleanser.


adjective

  1. (lowercase) resembling a Brillo pad, as in wiriness.

    a brillo mop of hair.

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Pop Art, like Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup cans and Brillo boxes, demanded column inches in the newspapers, as did the new waves of Op Art and Happenings.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2022

Even if you're not immediately won over by biting straight into the little Brillo pads, like Nadiya was, a salad is the answer.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021

With a dog named Brillo to mind and boxes - including stacks of old case files - to unpack, the reader might be forgiven for thinking Rebus will be relegated to the sidelines.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2020

She then took it into her kitchen and cleaned it with a Brillo pad in an effort to get a closer look at her discovery.

From BBC ● May 3, 2020

There are wild- flowers in vases on the counter, and Bess scrubs a clean sink with a Brillo pad while Granddad reads the Martha’s Vineyard Times.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

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