nightgown
Americannoun
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another name for nightdress
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a man's nightshirt
Etymology
Origin of nightgown
Example Sentences
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As someone who likes to be at home in her creams and nightgown, how have you adapted to the life of an up-and-coming pop star?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
She found Keke there, asleep in her nightgown with her head resting on the kitchen table.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024
He then asked her about her arrest, which he said she had claimed saw her being led away from her home in a nightgown.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023
In “Mad Men,” Betty Draper, a 1960s housewife caught in a marriage of spite and deception, stands in her yard in her peach nightgown, holding a rifle pointed toward the sky.
From New York Times • May 22, 2023
I yanked off my nightgown, threw on a dress, and flew down the stairs without my shoes.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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