Colgate

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#1·1d ago

A particular brand of toothpaste.

Poirot's lips moved. Inspector Colgate leaned forward. Poirot was murmuring, "It's so difficult to know which pieces are part of the fur rug and which are the cat's tail."

Origin: The toothpaste brand was named after the company founder, William Colgate. The surname derives from the place name, which is probably from and gate. The Philippine sense is a from the toothpaste brand, Colgate. Compare. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·1d ago

(Philippines, slang) toothpaste.

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