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nightgown

[ nahyt-goun ]

noun

  1. a loose gown, worn in bed by women or children.
  2. Archaic. a dressing gown.


nightgown

/ ˈ²Ô²¹Éª³Ùˌɡ²¹ÊŠ²Ô /

noun

  1. another name for nightdress
  2. a man's nightshirt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of nightgown1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; night, gown
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Example Sentences

She describes her mother, who was a school teacher, as “very conservative†— and also prone to going to the grocery store in just a nightgown and no bra.

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She found Keke there, asleep in her nightgown with her head resting on the kitchen table.

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She jumped out of bed in her nightgown, chased after her 10-year-old border collie, Henry Valentine, and ran to her car in a pair of sandals.

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After nine hours at the hospital, I got dressed in the only piece of clothing I had with me: my nightgown.

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The woman was found wearing a nightgown and was unresponsive with multiple stab wounds; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

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