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Definition of Nightcap
1. Noun. An alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic.
2. Noun. A cloth cap worn in bed.
3. Noun. The final game of a double header.
Definition of Nightcap
1. n. A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.
Definition of Nightcap
1. Noun. A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas. Nightcaps were common in northern Europe before central heating was available, when homes were cold at night. ¹
2. Noun. A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. ¹
3. Noun. (baseball) The second game of a doubleheader ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nightcap
1. a cap worn to bed [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nightcap
Literary usage of Nightcap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"Red Cotton nightcap Country " is the story of such a conflict and such a termination.
It is told in Mr. Browning's own way ; in a style which is always ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"In fact, however, all the supernatural ie included in a red nightcap, which makes
money. We may class this book with those odious travesties of the old ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"THE CITY nightcap.1 ACT I.« Enter LORENZO and PHILIPPO. LOR. Thou shalt try her
once more. PHIL. Fie, fie ! LOR, Thou shalt do't. If thou be'st my friend, ..."
4. The Lace Book by N. Hudson Moore (1905)
"nightcaps held their own for many years, and in 1762 we find women of fashion
wearing the "French nightcap" in the daytime. It was a large and flapping ..."
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