nightshirt

[ nahyt-shurt ]

/ ˈnaɪtˌʃɜrt /

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noun

a loose shirtlike garment reaching to the knees or lower, for wearing in bed.

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Origin of nightshirt

First recorded in 1840–50; night + shirt

Words nearby nightshirt

nightscape, night school, nightshade, nightshade family, night shift, nightshirt, nightside, night-sky light, night snake, night soil, nightspot

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How to use nightshirt in a sentence

Why Putin wants Angela Merkel for a nightshirt is beyond me.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself|P. J. O’Rourke|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet what little most Americans know about KSM is what they have gleaned from that famous photo of him in his nightshirt.
9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Finally on Trial at Guantanamo|Terry McDermott|May 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
With the left hand he clutched the covers, with the right his nightshirt, just back of the neck.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson
The loaf was thoughtfully wrapped up in a nightshirt to preserve it from the effect of sun and salt water.
The Harmsworth Magazine, Vol. 1, 1898-1899, No. 6|Various

Hubert was soon well of his bruises; but not of the cold induced by lying in the snow, clad only in his white nightshirt.
The Argosy|Various
It does Meredith credit that he got out of bed and joined them, “his nightshirt thrust into brown trousers.”
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd
A small hand reached 'round the edge of the door and the nightshirt disappeared.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for nightshirt

nightshirt

/ (ˈnaɪtˌʃɜːt) /

noun

a loose knee-length or longer shirtlike garment worn in bed by men

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