Kleenices

As though Kleenex were pluralized in the manner of Latin third declension nouns. By surface analysis, Kleenex +‎ -i- +‎ -ces.

Kleenices

1. (humorous) plural of Kleenex
   • 1933 October 7, “The Pilot House”, in Virginian-Pilot and the Norfolk Landmark, volume CXXXI, number 7, Norfolk, Va.: Norfolk Newspapers, →OCLC, page 4, column 4:

     Meet Exact Esther, who bought a box of Kleenices.

   • 1960, John Steinbeck, “To Elaine Steinbeck”, in Elaine A[nderson] Steinbeck, Robert Wallsten, editors, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, published 1975, →ISBN, page 689:

     There are a few little air leaks—like behind the refrigerator but I’ve plugged them with Kleenices.

   • 1962 February 2, “Cross Campus”, in Dave Young, editor, The Juniatian, volume XXXVIII, number 14, Huntingdon, Pa.: Juniata College, page 2:

     Gang, have you retreived^[sic] 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.

   • 1980 October 10, Dennis Pryor, “Sunk by silly scripts”, in The Age, Melbourne, Vic., page 10:

     ‘Love Story’ stimulated the economy by boosting the sales of Kleenices, a great example of private enterprise Keynesianism.

   • 1991 October 10, Jackson Granholm, “In praise of the tumbleweed”, in News Chronicle, Thousand Oaks, Calif., page B-7, column 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.

   • 2003, Norman Rush, Mortals, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 253:

     “Stop, I’m crying,” she said. “Wait a minute till I find some Kleenices … I know I had some, a new packet.”

   • 2017 May 8, Deb Amlen, quoting Peter A. Collins, “Filled With Tiny Bubbles”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 May 2017:

     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.