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Crimplene

British  
/ ˈkrɪmpliːn /

noun

  1. a synthetic material similar to Terylene, characterized by its crease-resistance

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Except pensioners nowadays count among their number the likes of Keith Richards and Mick Jagger; they're a generation unlikely to purchase the Crimplene and elasticated waists on offer.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2013

She lay in it in her yellow Crimplene bell-bottoms with her hair in a ribbon and her Made-in-England go-go bag that she loved.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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