nightshirt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nightshirt
Example Sentences
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Gomina, still in his nightshirt, wanted to go to his office to change into uniform, and Tigri obligingly offered an escort.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
She took off her nightshirt and put on the clothes along with some boots that were too big for her feet.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
An analyst for Public Health – Seattle & King County, wearing a nightshirt, she went into “emergency management mode,” she said, checking his vital signs and trying to clear his airways.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
How her bony hands had pulled at her nightshirt to cover herself when I moved her.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2014
Katie instructed her to wrap Neeley’s nightshirt, toothbrush, a clean towel and a bit of soap in a newspaper, as Neeley was to remain at Evy’s house for the night.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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