nightcap
noun
an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
nightcapped
-
a word derived from
nightcap.
Example Sentences
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Window after window rattled open as the Rue Saint Jacques ran nightcapped to peer at the brawl.
From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by James Branch Cabell
At five, a. m., a nightcapped head appeared at one of the myriad windows of the ——- Hotel, and remained there as if fascinated by the miracle of sunrise over the sea.
From A Modern Cinderella Or, the Little Old Shoe and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott
At five, A.M., a nightcapped head appeared at one of the myriad windows of the —— Hotel, and remained there as if fascinated by the miracle of sunrise over the sea.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various
A latticed window was opened, a white figure appeared, a nightcapped head was put forth without ceremony, a feminine voice, sleepy and indignant, demanded who thus disturbed the sacred silence of the night.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
At a pause in the music a window was flung open and out came a nightcapped head.
From Stories of Great Musicians by Olive Brown Horne
