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  • proper noun A town in Wales.

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Examples

  • First, I immediately realized that the name Cardigan Welsh corgi had connections to the number 11.

    The G.O.D. Experiments Gary E. Schwartz 2006

  • The first sleeve of the Child’s Cardigan is about 10” long, out of a prescribed 14 ½”.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Jean 2009

  • The first sleeve of the Child’s Cardigan is about 10” long, out of a prescribed 14 ½”.

    Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

  • As we argued over her participation in my freshly conceived photo-essay entitled Cardigan Calamity, a car pulled up and a smiling, gray-haired couple got out and the woman wandered over to us.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • As we argued over her participation in my freshly conceived photo-essay entitled Cardigan Calamity, a car pulled up and a smiling, gray-haired couple got out and the woman wandered over to us.

    i know i am, but what are you? SAMANTHA BEE 2010

  • The Eisteddfod has several incarnations, the longest running one appears to be The National Eisteddfod of Wales which claims that it can be traced back to 1176 when it is said that the first Eisteddfod was held, under the auspices of Lord Rhys, at his castle in Cardigan.

    Storytelling « So Many Books 2005

  • "We're going to have to call Cardigan's bluff and we're going to have to get rid of every damned one of you."

    Tek Net Shatner, William 1997

  • Wales, and so vnto a place called Cardigan, at the Irish sea.

    Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) Raphael Holinshed

  • In other days they were known as Cardigan jackets, and

    The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup Graham B Forbes

  • It has a back settlement on the Nashwacksis and another one still farther in the wilderness, called Cardigan, formed by a number of Welsh families from Cardigan in Wales, who came to this Province in 1819, and were located here by Government.

    History of New Brunswick Peter Fisher 1815

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