p.j.'s

Or P.J.'s

[pee-jeyz]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. pajamas.

Word History and Origins

Origin of p.j.'s¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

By the 1950s the brothers were working together; in 1957, they created “Les Poupées de Paris,” a “topless” puppet revue, “à la the Folies Bergère,” which opened at the Gilded Rafters, a new, Las Vegas-style restaurant and theater in the San Fernando Valley and played later at Hollywood’s P.J.’s.

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He came out of the day unscathed, but from that moment on Ophelia worried often about P.J.’s safety.

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I know it the second the door to P.J.’s dings when we open it, but I can’t just leave my best friend, Sneaky, hanging, so I walk in behind him, my stomach karate-chopping the whole time.

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Sneaky’s mom and mine always tell us to stay away, even though P.J.’s has the cheapest candy and ice cream bars.

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I know why he says it, cuz it matches what I’m thinking: We ain’t gettin’ candy at P.J.’s anymore.

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Related Words

• lingerie 
• pajamas