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pajama
[puh-jah-muh, -jam-uh]
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Apparently she wants skin cream, candles, cheap jewelry, expensive pajamas, aromatherapy shower pods, and a pillow that does heated shiatsu massage.
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“I had to come downstairs late at night in my pajamas to a kitchen filled with six people and traipse through them,” Glusac, a writer, said.
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Late on a cold afternoon in March, a motorist in Belleville, Ill., came upon a young boy wandering down a busy street without shoes and wearing only a T-shirt and pajama bottoms.
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It’s what led her, laying in bed and dreaming of her ideal pajamas, to design a pair for herself.
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He was in pajamas, getting ready for bed, when the telephone rang.
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What does pajama mean?
The word pajama, without an s, is used as a modifier in terms involving pajamas—the clothes you wear to sleep in.It’s used in terms like pajama pants, pajama top, and pajama party.It is typically spelled as pyjama by speakers of British English (who use the spelling pyjamas for the noun).You could say that whatever clothes you change into before going to bed are your pajamas. Traditionally, though, pajamas are specifically made and sold as clothes for sleeping in, typically consisting of soft, loose-fitting pants or shorts and a (sometimes matching) top. There are many different types and styles, such as nightgowns. Clothes considered pajamas aren’t only worn for sleeping—many people wear them as loungewear.The word pajamas is commonly and informally abbreviated as p.j.’s, and the term p.j. can be used as an informal replacement of pajama, as in p.j. pants. The word jammies is an even more informal word for pajamas, and the word jammie can replace pajama in the same way, as in jammie pants.Example: I have a lot of pajama bottoms that I wear around the house, but I never sleep in them.
The word pajama, without an s, is used as a modifier in terms involving pajamas—the clothes you wear to sleep in.It’s used in terms like pajama pants, pajama top, and pajama party.It is typically spelled as pyjama by speakers of British English (who use the spelling pyjamas for the noun).You could say that whatever clothes you change into before going to bed are your pajamas. Traditionally, though, pajamas are specifically made and sold as clothes for sleeping in, typically consisting of soft, loose-fitting pants or shorts and a (sometimes matching) top. There are many different types and styles, such as nightgowns. Clothes considered pajamas aren’t only worn for sleeping—many people wear them as loungewear.The word pajamas is commonly and informally abbreviated as p.j.’s, and the term p.j. can be used as an informal replacement of pajama, as in p.j. pants. The word jammies is an even more informal word for pajamas, and the word jammie can replace pajama in the same way, as in jammie pants.Example: I have a lot of pajama bottoms that I wear around the house, but I never sleep in them.
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