Kolynos
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Kolynos is the name of an old-time line of oral care products that was acquired by Colgate-Palmolive in 1995.
The brand was very popular in the thirties and forties, and sponsored several well-known radio programs. See [[1]].
Although not now readily available in the United States, the brand remains strong in Latin America. Kolynos jingles have been written in several languages.
The Kolynos brand is mentioned in a passage in The Catcher in the Rye.
| “ | Everybody was asleep or out or home for the week end, and it was very, very quiet and depressing in the corridor. There was this empty box of Kolynos toothpaste outside Leahy and Hoffman's door, and while I walked down towards the stairs, I kept giving it a boot with this sheep-lined slipper I had on. | ” |
