slumber party

noun
a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
Also called pajama party.

Origin:
1920–25

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slumber party
 
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(US), (Canadian) a party attended by girls who dress in night clothes and pass the night eating and talking

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