Corfam

American

[kawr-fam] / ˈkɔr fæm /

Trademark.

a brand of synthetic flexible, microporous material, used as a leather substitute for shoes, handbags, belts, luggage, etc.

Corfam British

/ ˈkɔːfæm /

noun

a synthetic water-repellent material used as a substitute for shoe leather

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Corfam is a man-made material used in place of leather.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2016

Corfam, the synthetic leather, is being phased out after an investment of $100 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

The company is build ing a full-scale Corfam plant in Old Hickory, Tenn., and another in Malines, Belgium, to supply the European mar ket, is spending $2,000,000 to promote Corfam in attractive ads.

From Time Magazine Archive

The company thereupon introduced Corfam, a weatherproof shoe material, predicting that by 1984 every fourth foot in the country would be encased in it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor is Corfam the only supposedly defunct leather substitute to be resurrected.

From Time Magazine Archive

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