nightshirt
a loose shirtlike garment reaching to the knees or lower, for wearing in bed.
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How to use nightshirt in a sentence
Why Putin wants Angela Merkel for a nightshirt is beyond me.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet what little most Americans know about KSM is what they have gleaned from that famous photo of him in his nightshirt.
9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Finally on Trial at Guantanamo | Terry McDermott | May 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWith the left hand he clutched the covers, with the right his nightshirt, just back of the neck.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonThe loaf was thoughtfully wrapped up in a nightshirt to preserve it from the effect of sun and salt water.
Hubert was soon well of his bruises; but not of the cold induced by lying in the snow, clad only in his white nightshirt.
The Argosy | Various
It does Meredith credit that he got out of bed and joined them, “his nightshirt thrust into brown trousers.”
The Art of Letters | Robert LyndA small hand reached 'round the edge of the door and the nightshirt disappeared.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for nightshirt
/ (ˈnaɪtˌʃɜːt) /
a loose knee-length or longer shirtlike garment worn in bed by men
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