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• v  dry by hanging up wet
• s  treated so as to be easily or quickly washed and dried and requiring little or no ironing
• s  used of fabrics that do not require ironing
  drip-dry shirts for travel

• One summer she made the grand tour of Europe with three other girls, a chaperone from Holton-Arms and a drip-dry wardrobe.
• The secret is in a new drip-dry Chemstrand nylon fiber, which, once molded, holds its shape forever.
• Added to this, exotic sounding Qianaa computerized combination of random lettersis a practical drip-dry wonder that can be machine-washed and still resist wrinkles.

• wash-and-wear
• permanent-press

Quotes

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• Diane von Furstenberg in CNN International
  When I first designed the wrap dress it was in the early 70s and fashion was then two different things: it was either very hippy and wild crazy and fun, or drip-dry polyester,von Furstenberg told CNN, recalling the 1972 creation which became...