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pajamas

[ puh-jah-muhz, -jam-uhz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

clothing for wearing in bed, consisting of usually loose-fitting pants or shorts and matching top:
my favorite pair of flannel pajamas.
any clothing worn for sleeping or lounging:
The only pajamas I brought are a pair of boxers and a T-shirt.
a jumpsuit or two-piece outfit with loose-fitting bottoms:
beach pajamas.
loose-fitting trousers, usually of silk or cotton, worn in parts of Asia.

pajamas

/ pəˈdʒɑːməz /

Origin of pajamas¹

First recorded in 1870–75; plural of pajama, from Hindi, variant of pāyjāma, from Persian pāy “leg” + jāma “garment”

The married Texas Republican was photographed in ducky pajamas next to a lingerie model at a local bar in May 2009.

“Oh let them in, Olga,” they suddenly heard the voice of Havel, who climbed out of bed in his pajamas.

He was dressed in traditional Indian white pajamas and dark brown sandals.

You'd imagined that they could slip into their metal shell as easily as you slipped in and out of your pajamas.

He was lying on a hospital bed, on top of the sheets, and he was wearing beautiful new yellow pajamas.

In spite of being short, he was broad-shouldered and compact in plain gray evening pajamas.

In pajamas and bathrobe, I stalked down the stairs and into the room that had once been a kitchen and now was Greco's laboratory.

Oh, yes, and he wants you to send him some new pajamas—only two or three pairs, and you're not to send him mauve ones.

A sense of expectant fear gripped him as he lifted one of the hands to unbutton his pajamas.

The officer found Balboa, dressed in a suit of pajamas engaged in superintending the roofing of a house.

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