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Definition of Nightclothes

1. Noun. Garments designed to be worn in bed.

Definition of Nightclothes

1. Noun. Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and when worn over nightclothes, a robe. ¹

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Definition of Nightclothes

1. [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nightclothes

Literary usage of Nightclothes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. World Directory of Restrictions and Requirements Affecting Textile and (1991)
"Children's nightclothes must carry a label appropriate to one of three categories ... Children's nightclothes which do not fall under one of the above ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1913)
"When we went up-stairs Mr. Bayley came out of his room in his nightclothes and enquired what that was that was down. He was here when we got up-stairs. ..."

3. The Elizabethan People by Henry Thew Stephenson (1910)
"The counterpanes were elaborate and gaudy. Though nightclothes were in use, ... Oftentimes the word nightclothes in ..."

4. Personal Health: A Doctor Book for Discriminating People by William Brady (1916)
"With proper bedclothes and nightclothes the patient may profitably breathe cool fresh air night and day. Plenty of cold water to drink. ..."

5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... some not yet tried, innocent and guilty, misdemeanants and felons, all tumbled together ; without employment, without nightclothes or bedclothes, ..."

6. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"A curly-headed little figure in nightclothes glided in at the door and ran to the father, and was gathered to his breast and fervently kissed once, twice, ..."

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