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nightclothes
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nightclothes
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Anna had also been arrested in her nightclothes and taken to the station.
▪ For others the wearing of nightclothes may be contrary to their normal practice.
▪ She claims that Meryl was sitting on that window seat last night, wearing just her nightclothes.
▪ The other visitors were leaving last messages, and collecting used nightclothes in carrier bags.
▪ The three people not in nightclothes.
▪ Then he bundled them into a stolen car in their nightclothes.
▪ Whilst in hospital patients are encouraged to wear nightclothes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nightclothes

nightclothes \nightclothes\ n. garments designed to be worn in bed, such as pyjamas, a nightgown, etc.

Syn: nightwear.

Wiktionary
nightclothes

n. Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and when worn over nightclothes, a robe.

WordNet
nightclothes

n. garments designed to be worn in bed [syn: nightwear]

Usage examples of "nightclothes".

With one hand restraining the flowing folds of her fine silk nightclothes, she lurched over the closestool in her Covent Garden flat and prayed, in fluent and fervid Italian, for death to take her.