nightshirt
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪtʃɜrt/
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camisón
- Spends most of her time in her nightshirt.
- wear a nightshirt
- flannel nightshirt
- cotton nightshirt
Examples
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Lurch is sitting up in his too-small bed, wearing his nightshirt and cap.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the bedroom, he pulled on his nightshirt and crawled into bed, the frame groaning against his weight.
Fiction book (2002) -
You still got your nightshirt on.
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Does the nightshirt fit all right?
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Your nightshirt is open down the back.
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What are you doing in your nightshirt?
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A clean nightshirt and sheets.
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Then, still in his nightshirt, he went to his table and began working at a pile of papers.
Fiction book (1997) -
The innkeeper comes down the stairs wearing a nightshirt and a sleepy expression.
Fiction book (1993) -
After a long day, he changed into his comfortable nightshirt before relaxing in bed.
How Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nightshirt is a simple combination of night and shirt, literally a 'shirt for the night'. Think of it as the loose shirt you put on 'to sleep' or to keep warm in bed, so the word means a loose, shirt-like garment worn in bed.