nightwear
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nightwear
Example Sentences
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Rosa wears the same blue nightwear and is holding the hands of two older cousins.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023
The Lord Shannon nightwear was worn by Elvis during a stay at the Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, in 1977.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2017
And as the political scientist John Mueller points out, in most years bee stings, deer collisions, ignition of nightwear, and other mundane accidents kill more Americans than terrorist attacks.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2014
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
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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