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"ref": "1976, Clara Pierre -, Looking Good: The Liberation of Fashion, page 106",
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"text": "Pulls and aligns heels, toes, and toe openings of hose, and lifts, extends, and smooths hose to dewrinkle and flatten edges and folds of hose legs.",
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"ref": "1999, Michael Lafavore, Men's health today 1999, page 275",
"text": "What you do need to know is that many wool blends dewrinkle quickly, wool crepe being the quickest and the most comfortable.",
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