Kleenex

[klee-neks]

Trademark.

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

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Examples from the Web for kleenex

Contemporary Examples of kleenex

Fitbit, on the other hand, gained an advantage as being the Kleenex of step tracking.
Nike Fuelband’s Fall From Grace
Gregory Ferenstein
April 25, 2014
Large cardboard boxes of Kleenex, each with 36 tissue boxes, lay open for people to take.
How Alleged Colorado Shooter James Holmes Bought His Guns
Christine Pelisek, Eliza Shapiro
July 21, 2012
Maybe it held his business cards, Kleenex or his house keys, but one thing was for sure—it was a murse.
Rise of the Man Purse
Isabel Wilkinson
October 13, 2011
Many of my gifts were simple—a phone call, spare change, even a Kleenex.
The 7-Day Holiday Giving Challenge
Cami Walker
December 14, 2009
Morley is a stunning storyteller, although Come Sunday should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
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May 26, 2009

Historical Examples of kleenex

He wiped his face and blew his nose and squeezed the kleenex tight in his hand.
Makers
Cory Doctorow
I bought some Kleenex and came back, and everybody was out on the steps to look, but I didn't stop.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Then he mopped his face with a wad of Kleenex and went over to the room-temperature thermostat, turning it down to sixty.
Murder in the Gunroom
Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for kleenex

Kleenex

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.