debobble

verb

debobble

verb

Etymology From de- + bobble.

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:
Has anyone ever managed to debobble a jumper, one wonders, with a 'Defuzzer'?.2007, Nick Inman, The Optimist's Handbook, page 91:

1 more example

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:

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