nightwear
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nightwear
Example Sentences
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In good Gothic fashion, the Markos Dance Academy also functions as a kind of boarding school where the dancers live on site, swanning through the ominously whispering halls in extremely artful nightwear.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2018
The Lord Shannon nightwear was worn by Elvis during a stay at the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, in 1977.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2017
How worrying is it that, in Shanghai, prior to the 2010 World Expo, its traditionally pyjama-wearing citizens proved remarkably resistant to dedicated nightwear police and signs saying: "Pyjamas don't go out of the door"?
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2012
Like many folk of his age, he rarely changes out of his nightwear.
From Time ● Jun. 6, 2011
She was standing in the doorway in her nightwear, clutching the jamb, cradling her belly in one hand.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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