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night⋅cap

  [nahyt-kap]
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–noun
1. Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
2. a cap for the head, intended primarily to be worn in bed.
3. Sports Informal. the last event of the program for the day, esp. the second game of a doubleheader in baseball or the last race of the day in horse racing.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see night, cap 1

Related forms:
nightcapped, adjective
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night·cap   (nīt'kāp')   
n.  

  1. A usually alcoholic drink taken just before bedtime.

  2. Sports & Games The last event in a day's competition, especially the final game in a baseball double-header.

  3. A cloth cap worn especially in bed.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

nightcap 
c.1386, "covering for the head, worn in bed," from night + cap. In the alcoholic sense, it is attested from 1818. Amer.Eng. sense of "final event in a sporting contest" (especially the second game of a baseball double-header) is from 1939.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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