There could be a verb on clothing items to 'wring' them out, squeezing some of the water out of them so that they're marginally less dripping, if not totally dry. Clothing could possibly get a 'wrung out' type of damage done to it with this, so people can tell that you're too poor to afford a fancy umbrella, raincoat, or dryer in your cube.
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