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Probably for the same reason, I no longer have any nightgowns.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024

The dresses of "Bridgerton" look like comfy nightgowns compared to the frothy, highly-structured clothes of "The Gilded Age," where many female characters resemble wedding cakes.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2022

“Why is there a hospital gown in there when I know she’s supposed to have eight nightgowns? Why did everything reek of urine?”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021

After World War II, she befriended a woman who regularly traveled to Paris and who began selling Loretta’s bras and nightgowns to wealthy friends there.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2021

Jackie first, my sister says, our freshly washed hair damp and spiraling over toweled shoulders and pale cotton nightgowns.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson