nighty
Americannoun
plural
nightiesExample Sentences
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He kicked with demonic glee under my hideously ruffled maternity nighty as I masqueraded in the synthetic approximation of Mia Farrow’s pixie cut.
From Slate • Oct. 26, 2015
But last May, when the House of Commons preferred the nighty brilliance of Mr. Churchill to the dignified ineffectuality of Neville Chamberlain, it acquiesced in a revolution in British politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
First concrete objective is some new standard of international exchange to stabilize nighty currencies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Auntie, I think if I ever really love it will be like Mary Queen of Scots, who said of her Bothwell that she could follow him round the world in her nighty.
From What Every Woman Knows by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
"Rhymes with nighty," put in Tommy coolly; "don't you remember, Julie?"
From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert
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