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cardigan

Knitted overgarment that buttons up in the front. The cardigan was popularized by Coco Chanel in the 1920s and 1930s as part of two- or three-piece outfits.

Originally a long-sleeved military jacket of knitted worsted, trimmed with fur or braid and buttoned down the front, it was named after James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), who led the Charge of the Light Brigade. In the 20th century the style was adapted for casual wear.
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About eleven, the next morning's papers were able to say, a squadron of hussars, two Maxims, and about four hundred men of the Cardigan regiment started from Aldershot.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
I remember he wore a brown Cardigan jacket, and I know precisely the spot, in the midst of the array of bottles, from which he took the bottle of red-coloured syrup.
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