debobble

English

Etymology

de- +‎ bobble

Verb

debobble (third-person singular simple present debobbles, present participle debobbling, simple past and past participle debobbled)

1. (UK) To remove pilling from (a garment).
   • 2005, Ismay Atkins, Time Out London Shopping Guide, →ISBN, page 86:

     Your sweater will be sent to Scotland to be cleaned, reconditioned and debobbled at a cost of £20.

   • 2007, Nick Inman, The Optimist's Handbook, page 91:

     Has anyone ever managed to debobble a jumper, one wonders, with a 'Defuzzer'?.

   • 2018, Rosie Walsh, The Man Who Didn't Call:

     Shorts and a jumper I still can't bring myself to wash and debobble, because the last person to wear it was Sarah.