nightdress
Americannoun
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Origin of nightdress
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Her partner Howard Mather said she had left the hospital grounds during a fire alarm wearing just a body warmer, nightdress and slippers.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023
While in graduate school in New York City, she experienced her first manic episode; she stayed awake for four days and found herself walking around Manhattan barefoot in a nightdress at 4 a.m.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2021
Pulling her nightdress down, making herself decent, she turned on her side to try to sleep again.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018
“I boiled up from bed/in my enormous nightdress, with my lungs full of burning/chrysanthemums.”
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018
Her nightdress caught on her ears as she pulled it over her head.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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