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debobble en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + bobble.

Meanings

1. (UK) To remove pilling from (a garment).
   • Your sweater will be sent to Scotland to be cleaned, reconditioned and debobbled at a cost of £20. 2005, Ismay Atkins, Time Out London Shopping Guide, →ISBN, page 86:
   • Shorts and a jumper I still can't bring myself to wash and debobble, because the last person to wear it was Sarah. 2018, Rosie Walsh, The Man Who Didn't Call:
   • Has anyone ever managed to debobble a jumper, one wonders, with a 'Defuzzer'?. 2007, Nick Inman, The Optimist's Handbook, page 91:

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