nightclothes
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of nightclothes
Example Sentences
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Behind him are lighted ones with people in their nightclothes standing in the road.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018
Less frequently, he makes his way up the hall to the ornate Treaty Room, sometimes dressed for the day, sometimes still in nightclothes, where he begins his official and unofficial calls.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2017
Gerry Belcher, the hotel owner, said many people arrived "in just their nightclothes".
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2014
They stood frozen by the bedside in their nightclothes.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2012
We passed countless people standing in the streets like statues, their toes bare on the stones, nightclothes blowing in the unnatural breeze, mouths agape.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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