cardigan

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I am pretty close to saying that the cardigan is my all time favorite project I have designed thus far ... almost my favorite - it's definitely in the top three.

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  1. noun A knitted garment, such as a sweater or jacket, that opens down the full length of the front.

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  • She wore a tweed skirt and a woollen cardigan, and her drab, uncharacteristic clothing seemed the most substantial thing about her. —  A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 02
  • Antony was sitting up in bed in a cardigan, a muffler round his neck. —  Pilotage
  • He's wearing a black cardigan, ankle boots, a Prada overcoat. —  Glamorama
  • Not even a cardigan is going to cover that fact up. —  Army Rumour Service
  • Then I find the place in the program (in Apple's Preview program it is in Tools / Inspector) I add a keyword such as women's cardigan, and another keyword, knit side to side, etc. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
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  1. After the Seventh Earl of Cardigan, James Thomas Brudenell (1797-1868), British army officer.

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  1. Named from the Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868).
 

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/ˈkɑrdɪgən/
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