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speaking countries therein (the Irish and those in the UK also say biro, which is a 
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. [DOC] [TLE] English Brand Names that Have Become Regular Nouns! [PAR] Mar 14, 2012 ... In this English vocabulary lesson, you'll learn the brand names of some common 
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tipplers breathed into a special balloon, and Harger's device got ... To use the 
word Realtor, you need to follow a strict code of ethics and be a .... Post-it means 
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were ... Sellotape: Sellotape is a British brand of transparent, cellulose-based, ... 
and other dictionaries are legally published as "Webster's Dictionary". ... Ltd. 
trademark name for a spinning toy in Canada, but was determined that the 
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used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British 
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refers to a trademark which has come into general use for the... [DOC] [TLE] What do British people call a vacuum cleaner? - Quora [PAR] The British nominally call it "hoover." But that's a little misleading (see update 
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Williams and ... From the proprietary name of the popular brand of vacuum 
cleaner. ... as a whole into either using the appropriate brand name or the 
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brand. ... it into those fits of anger, it should be unconcerned with a silent machine
. .... hoover in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 
2006... [DOC] [TLE] Vacuum Cleaners - Dictionary definition of Vacuum Cleaners ... [PAR] Definition of Vacuum Cleaners  Our online dictionary has Vacuum Cleaners ... 
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work ... is activated, the fan turns, blowing air forward into the vacuum cleaner 
case. ... to create a vacuum is generally credited to British engineer Hubert Cecil 
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Question: The British turned this brand name into a verb meaning to vacuum
Answer: Hoover