Tetra Pakn.
A proprietary name for: a type of plasticized cardboard carton for milk and other drinks. Hence as v. transitive (nonce-word), to sell in such a carton.Such cartons were originally tetrahedral, but are now typically cuboid in shape.
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1953 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 16 June 616/2 Ser. No. 623,384. Aktiebolaget Tetra Pak, Lund, Sweden. Filed Jan. 10, 1952. Tetra Pak.
1958 Mod. Packaging Encycl. 1959 in Mod. Packaging Nov. 232 (caption) Triangular milk packs are formed, filled from a single roll of paper by this machine. (‘Tetra Pak’ machine.)
1963 Economist 10 Aug. 535/2 Express Dairies only ‘tetra-packs’ its milk for vending machines and half-pints.
1973 Times 29 Oct. 15/8 Just take a look at the Channel Islands, they don't use any bottles, not one, they use Tetrapacks; so why can't we. They are cheap, there is no disposal problems [sic] as with plastic.
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