afghan

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Jill had been winding wool for a stripe in her new afghan, and the green ball lay on her sofa.

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  1. Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.
  2. A native of Afghanistan.

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  1. tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
  2. a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl
  3. a coat made of sheepskin
  4. an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
  5. a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
  6. of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people

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  • He'd covered up most of the rest of her with the white plastic afghan, her knitting. —  AHMM,March2006
  • Halle curled up on the couch under an afghan, and Stephen sat in a metal folding chair across the rag rug from her. —  Lunatics
  • One afghan was covered in dog hair, one was a little worse for wear around the edges, and that only left the blue-green to be the winner - what happened to only submitting pristine items in contests??? —  planet.journals.ie
  • The afghan was handcrafted by Purl Jam members using un-dyed wool hand spun by Purl Jam member, Jane Hayes.
  • The colors in the afghan are the natural colors of sheep raised on farms in the Hudson Valley.
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