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afghan

[af-gan, -guhn] / ˈæf gæn, -gən /
NOUN
coverlet
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Valley College, her crocheted afghan flying like a kite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

It’s a form of manipulation and control like any other — except crocheted into an afghan and presented as love.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022

Since September, Minnesota has welcomed 721 afghan evacuees according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022

I wrote early on in that essay, trying to conjure the first moment I ever saw one as an infant — my parent's afghan hound, Easy.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2021

He put out a finger and gently poked a rather large and oddly mobile-looking bulge under the afghan.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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