Cardigan

Definitions

1. A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.
2. A town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN1846).
3. The County of Cardigan, a former synonym of Cardiganshire, Wales.
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4. A community in the town of Three Rivers, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
5. A western suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
6. A surname.

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Examples

“[…] a coarsely knit⟳ white cardigan and a black turban whose broadened tails could be arranged around her neck scarfwise.”

“Suzette Sundae, a musician wearing a fifties-style swing⟳ dress and a white cardigan over her tattoos, said that she ran a vintage-clothing store in Park⟳ Slope. When the store’s traffic fell off, she had Airbnb-ed her home.”

““I love⟳ that loungewear has become⟳ a prevailing new category,” said Barbara Lippert, 65, a writer. “During the worst part of the pandemic even jeans seemed like⟳ an overreach, requiring that complex button and zipper action. And cardigans were too much work⟳.””

“After running through the meadows for about a mile, the train⟳ enters the County of Cardigan, and follows the south bank of the Teifi to Cardigan Station.”

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