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Harpic

Harpic noun: an international brand of toilet cleaner.

Noun

Harpic (uncountable)

  1. An international brand of toilet cleaner
    • ‘HARPIC’ CLEANS THE TRAP & PIPE. Weekly sprinkling KEEPS the BOWL SPOTLESS.1923, Unknown, “Advertisement”, in The Journal of State Medicine, volume 31, number 1, page iv
  2. (countable, slang) Crazy, insane (from the Harpic marketing slogan ‘cleans round the bend’)
    • “Harpic? […] Why do you call him that?" "He's clean round the bend."1951, Nevil Shute, chapter 4, in Round the Bend, London: Heinemann

Forms of Harpic

alternative formharpic

Origin of Harpic

Contraction of the name of the toilet cleaner inventor Harry Pickup.

Questions about Harpic

What does Harpic mean?
Harpic means an international brand of toilet cleaner.
What part of speech is Harpic?
Harpic is a noun.

Words near Harpic in the dictionary

  1. harpguitar
  2. harpguitarist
  3. harpguitars
  4. Harpham
  5. Harphams
  6. Harpic
  7. harpid
  8. harpids
  9. harpies
  10. harpiform
  11. harpin

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