cardigan
a usually collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
Origin of cardigan
1- Also called cardigan sweater, cardigan jacket.
Words Nearby cardigan
Other definitions for Cardigan (2 of 2)
one of a variety of Welsh corgi having a long tail.: Compare Pembroke (def. 3).
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How to use cardigan in a sentence
But as hard as she tried, she couldn't help but make her pastel cardigan titillating in Secretariat.
Adam had a hat on and a cardigan, Benji had this tie, and Greta has this dress.
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He was made governor of the castles of cardigan and Carmarthen, and received various marks of royal favour.
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple | Charles G. AddisonUnfortunately Lord cardigan, who commanded the latter, considered himself bound by his orders to remain strictly on the defensive.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeHe had discarded his shore toggery and slumped around in a cloth cap, a cardigan jacket, heavy woollen pants and carpet slippers.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceShe emerged a moment later, followed by an elderly person in a red cardigan jacket and overalls.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. LincolnHe opened the door for Mrs. cardigan and her tray, stood aside, waved to me once, and was gone.
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British Dictionary definitions for cardigan (1 of 3)
/ (ˈkɑːdɪɡən) /
a knitted jacket or sweater with buttons up the front
Origin of cardigan
1British Dictionary definitions for Cardigan (2 of 3)
/ (ˈkɑːdɪɡən) /
the larger variety of corgi, having a long tail
British Dictionary definitions for Cardigan (3 of 3)
/ (ˈkɑːdɪɡən) /
7th Earl of, title of James Thomas Brudenell. 1797–1868, British cavalry officer. He led the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava (1854) during the Crimean War.
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