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Use "prewashing" in a sentence
"I bought some blank tyvek tarp on ebay to make covers for my serger/sewing machines long/light so I don't have to lower the thread thingys as with regular covers I didn't think about prewashing."
"(And some say that either prewashing the yarn before knitting or washing after knitted softens it up.)"