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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

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

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2016

Corfam is already one of the most tested and complex chem ical substances ever created.

From Time Magazine Archive

Granted, that's splitting hairs over holes, but our ability to create porosity by chemical means in such microscopic proportions was one of the most important technological accomplishments made during the research that led to "Corfam."

From Time Magazine Archive

Though Du Pont's new synthetic, Corfam, has conquered less than 1% of the market so far.

From Time Magazine Archive

Corfam, its much touted leather lookalike, brought out in 1964, was expected to do for shoes what nylon had done for stockings.

From Time Magazine Archive

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