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Definition of Kleenex
1. Noun. A piece of soft absorbent paper (usually two or more thin layers) used as a disposable handkerchief.
Definition of Kleenex
1. Noun. (North America) A generic term for any type of disposable tissue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kleenex
1. a cleansing tissue -- a trademark [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kleenex
Literary usage of Kleenex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"My mother said we were misusing the word; you could not call a kleenex ...
When I grew older, _ _ used kira-kira to describe butterflies, colored kleenex. ..."
2. Claudine the Circus Woman by Timothy J. Quinlan (2000)
"On special occasions, we would use the kleenex Puffs that left a neat oily surface
on the broth. Those were simpler times. 87'Voila' was also the name of ..."
3. Basic Math Skills Grade 5 by Wes Tuttle (2003)
"She has measured a kleenex box and found that its length is 9 inches, the width
is 4 inches, ... Now, what is the volume of the kleenex box? 4. ..."
4. Family Words: The Dictionary for People Who Don't Know a Frone from a Brinkle by Paul Dickson (1998)
"It reads, “The little man who pushes the next kleenex tissue up In the kleenex box.
As created by Bob Hope on his radio program. ..."
5. An Inverted Sort of Prayer by Chris F. Needham (2006)
"She actually seemed to have a fairly good attitude about the whole thing, even
going so far as to offer me kleenex to wipe the ..."
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