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cardigan jacket
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cardigan jacket, [From the Earl of Cardigan , who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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