nightclothes

[ nahyt-klohz, -klohthz ]

plural noun

1. garments for wearing in bed, as pajamas or nightgowns.

nightclothes

/ ˈnaɪtˌkləʊðz /

plural noun

1. clothes worn in bed

Word History and Origins

Origin of nightclothes¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; night + clothes

Example Sentences

Somehow the girls and their mother manage to flee the house in their nightclothes.

From The Daily Beast

The Colonel read the dispatch of Captain Duffield, sitting on his bed in his nightclothes.

From Project Gutenberg

Get your nightclothes, and whatever you want, and reverse the accustomed walk.

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So at last the many children took off their nightclothes and put on their new dresses.

From Project Gutenberg

The many children who had gone to bed before the fire began had nothing to wear except their nightclothes.

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She was sitting up and she looked ever so little in her nightclothes and ever so plain with her tightly braided red hair.

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