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To make a textile water repellent.

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Usage examples (5)
  • I put on my cravenette coat, too, so I could carry the shovel under it, out of sight. \par As we started across the midway, Estelle said, \ldblquote Eddie, while you...
  • You remember, we could not decide what use to make of your old, tan cravenette stormcoat?
  • It's kind of a hobby of mine to want to cravenette myself for plenty of rainy days in the future.
  • I have already planned in my mind a pretty rag rug for you, to be made from your old, garnet merino shirtwaist, combined with your discarded cravenette stormcoat.
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