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Webster 1913 Edition
Cardigan jacket
Car′di-gan
,Car′di-gan jackˊet
(#)
. [From the Earl of
Cardigan
, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55.] 1.
A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves, especially a knitted jacket with sleeves that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper.