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Sanforized

American  
[san-fuh-rahyzd] / ˈsæn fəˌraɪzd /
Trademark.
  1. (of a fabric) treated to resist shrinking.


Sanforized British  
/ ˈsænfəˌraɪzd /

adjective

  1. (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process

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More than $1 billion under last year's record peacetime appropriation, the Senate-approved spending bill reflects some of the most severe shrinkage since the days before Sanforized shirts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Can think of no other reason, however, to cast Sanforized Rocker Rick Springfield as an eager young doctor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slowly and irrevocably, the bland hero withdraws into his Sanforized shirt, moves into his child's dollhouse, tumbles into the cellar and slays a now giant spider with a straight pin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Standing in the doorway waiting for me in his regulation Sanforized wash-and-wear khakis and pilot sunglasses, why, he very nearly almost looked handsome.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver