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afghan

[af-gan, -guhn] / ˈæf gæn, -gən /
NOUN
coverlet
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Gilbert: The couch and afghan, along with the entire main kitchen and living room set are in Carsey Werner’s storage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

Among those items is a yellow afghan blanket her great-grandmother knitted and “has always been on my bed,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 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

The afghan is draped across her thighs, the rubber plant rises behind her like a fan.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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