Kleenices

kleenices English Etymology As though Kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. en Kleenex -i- -ces. Noun en noun form en humorous en Kleenex en 7 October 1933 The Pilot House Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark CXXXI 7 Norfolk, Va. Norfolk Newspapers 4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/851605407/ 4 13994334 Meet Exact Esther, who bought a box of Kleenices. en w:John Steinbeck To Elaine Steinbeck Elaine A[nderson] Steinbeck; Robert Wallsten Steinbeck: A Life in Letters New York, N.Y. The Viking Press 1960 1975 689 https://archive.org/details/steinbecklifeinl00stei/page/689/mode/1up 0-670-66962-8 There are a few little air leaks—like behind the refrigerator but I’ve plugged them with Kleenices. en Cross Campus Dave Young The Juniatian XXXVIII 14 Huntingdon, Pa. w:Juniata College 2 February 1962 2 https://archive.org/details/juniatianvol38-1961-1962/page/n57/mode/1up Gang, have you retreived your crib sheets, notes index cards, gum wrappers, and Kleenices from the perimeter of the testing area? Last we heard, they were creating a fire hazard. en Dennis Pryor Sunk by silly scripts w:The Age Melbourne, Vic. 10 October 1980 10 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/828436426/ ‘Love Story’ stimulated the economy by boosting the sales of Kleenices, a great example of private enterprise Keynesianism. en Jackson Granholm In praise of the tumbleweed News Chronicle Thousand Oaks, Calif. 10 October 1991 B-7 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/930448497/ 3 Accompanying the tumbleweed in its trips are the beautiful and multi-colored specimens of Kleenex americanus donated copiously to the freeway viewscapes by generous passing motorists. The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia. The Kleenices, however, are native American in origin. en w:Norman Rush Mortals w:Alfred A. Knopf 2003 253 0-679-40622-0 “Stop, I’m crying,” she said. “Wait a minute till I find some Kleenices … I know I had some, a new packet.” 8 May 2017 Deb Amlen Peter A. Collins Filled With Tiny Bubbles https://web.archive.org/web/20170509055641/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/crosswords/filled-with-tiny-bubbles.html And is ROLODEXES the correct plural? Should it be “Rolodices”, like vertex/vertices? As for me, I still use a Rolodex. In fact I have one on my desktop – right next to a couple of boxes of Kleenices.