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nightshirt
[ nahyt-shurt ]
noun
- a loose shirtlike garment reaching to the knees or lower, for wearing in bed.
nightshirt
/ ˈnaɪtˌʃɜːt /
noun
- a loose knee-length or longer shirtlike garment worn in bed by men
Word History and Origins
Origin of nightshirt1
Example Sentences
Why Putin wants Angela Merkel for a nightshirt is beyond me.
Yet what little most Americans know about KSM is what they have gleaned from that famous photo of him in his nightshirt.
With the left hand he clutched the covers, with the right his nightshirt, just back of the neck.
The loaf was thoughtfully wrapped up in a nightshirt to preserve it from the effect of sun and salt water.
Hubert was soon well of his bruises; but not of the cold induced by lying in the snow, clad only in his white nightshirt.
It does Meredith credit that he got out of bed and joined them, “his nightshirt thrust into brown trousers.”
A small hand reached 'round the edge of the door and the nightshirt disappeared.
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