freshmint

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fresh +‎ mint

Noun[edit]

freshmint (uncountable)

  1. (often attributive, often in product names) A fresh, cooling, minty flavour.
    • 1955 November 19, Billboard, page 77:
      Spearmint is an entirely new product, and has replaced the Freshmint flavor, which has been discontinued, Ken F. Fox, general sales manager, announced. The new gum is packaged in a white pack with the name of Clark in large letters […]
    • 1997, Richard Scrimger, Still Life with Children, page 268:
      I'm walking past the fruit store and a delicatessen and the lingerie store under a sky the color of a freshmint cough drop.
    • 2012, Louise Welsh, The Girl on the Stairs:
      Petra placed her hands either side of Jane's tummy and gave her a freshmint kiss.
    • a. 2018, unknown source, quoted in Gary M. Armstrong, Philip Kotler, Michael John Harker, Marketing: An Introduction, published 2018
      You can have the standard Tesco brand (for example, Tesco Daily Care freshmint toothpaste), the low-priced 'value' brand (for example, Tesco Value Kitchen Towel), or the premium 'finest' brand (for example, Tesco Finest Aftersun Lotion).
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