cardigan

noun

1. A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.

   “[…] a coarsely knit white cardigan and a black turban whose broadened tails could be arranged around her neck scarfwise.”

   “Suzette Sundae, a musician wearing a fifties-style swing dress and a white cardigan over her tattoos, said that she ran a vintage-clothing store in Park Slope. When the store’s traffic fell off, she had Airbnb-ed her home.”

   ““I love that loungewear has become a prevailing new category,” said Barbara Lippert, 65, a writer. “During the worst part of the pandemic even jeans seemed like an overreach, requiring that complex button and zipper action. And cardigans were too much work.””

name

1. A town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN1846).
2. (historical)The County of Cardigan, a former synonym of Cardiganshire, Wales.

   “After running through the meadows for about a mile, the train enters the County of Cardigan, and follows the south bank of the Teifi to Cardigan Station.”

3. A community in the town of Three Rivers, Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. A western suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
5. A surname.