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cardie

British  
/ ˈkɑːdɪ /

noun

  1. informal short for cardigan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Made of smooth, dreamy mohair, his unwashed, cigarette-burned, olive-green cardie became the Turin shroud of indie rock, as he ascended to the patron saint of musical sorrow.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019

Of course, this is not any old cardie: it’s sporty, it’s preppy, it belongs, really, in the wardrobe of annoyingly clean-cut love-rival Tom Chisum.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019

As a symbol of Michelle Obama’s mastery of soft-power semiotics, this cardie is pretty apposite.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2019

After all, big-chain coffee shops are known for their tendency to reward the attractive with free drinks and, dressed in my lovely cardie and never-worn freebie hat, I was the walking definition of attractive.

From The Guardian ● May 13, 2015

They're an elegant, leggy pair: she shorn and angular in black, he feline in a lemon cardie.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2010

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