See Harpic on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Contraction of the name of the toilet cleaner inventor Harry Pickup.",
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"ref": "1923, Unknown, “Advertisement”, in The Journal of State Medicine, volume 31, number 1, page iv:",
"text": "‘HARPIC’ CLEANS THE TRAP & PIPE. Weekly sprinkling KEEPS the BOWL SPOTLESS.",
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"text": "“Harpic? […] Why do you call him that?\" \"He's clean round the bend.\"",
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