Kleenex

[ klee-neks ]

/ ˈkli nɛks /

Trademark.

a brand name for a soft, disposable paper tissue, used especially as a handkerchief.

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Large cardboard boxes of Kleenex, each with 36 tissue boxes, lay open for people to take.
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Maybe it held his business cards, Kleenex or his house keys, but one thing was for sure—it was a murse.
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Many of my gifts were simple—a phone call, spare change, even a Kleenex.
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Morley is a stunning storyteller, although Come Sunday should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
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Then he mopped his face with a wad of Kleenex and went over to the room-temperature thermostat, turning it down to sixty.
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I bought some Kleenex and came back, and everybody was out on the steps to look, but I didn't stop.
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He wiped his face and blew his nose and squeezed the kleenex tight in his hand.
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British Dictionary definitions for kleenex

Kleenex

/ (ˈkliːnɛks) /

noun plural -ex or -exes

trademark a kind of soft paper tissue, used esp as a handkerchief

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Word Origin and History for kleenex

Kleenex

1925, proprietary name, registered by Cellucotton Products Company, Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.; later Kimberly-Clark Corp. An arbitrary alteration of clean + brand-name suffix -ex.

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noun plural -ex or -exes

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