nightshirt

[nahyt-shurt]

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noun

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

Origin of nightshirt

First recorded in 1840–50; night + shirt

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Related Words for nightshirt

lingerie, pajamas, negligee, nightdress, sleeper, nightshirt, nightie, nightwear, jammies, loungewear, PJs

Examples from the Web for nightshirt

Contemporary Examples of nightshirt

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
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

Historical Examples of nightshirt

And he started forth up the garden in his nightshirt and Norfolk jacket.
The Burning Spear
John Galsworthy
At sight of me in my nightshirt Pugh began to shake his head.
The Lock And Key Library
Various
He stood over me, man of all the luxuries that he was, in his nightshirt.
The Belovd Vagabond
William J. Locke
With the left hand he clutched the covers, with the right his nightshirt, just back of the neck.
The Varmint
Owen Johnson
No doubt this was his nightshirt—a durable garment, but irritating to the skin.
Yonder
Emily Hilda Young

British Dictionary definitions for nightshirt

nightshirt

noun

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

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