nightshirt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nightshirt
Example Sentences
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Gomina, still in his nightshirt, wanted to go to his office to change into uniform, and Tigri obligingly offered an escort.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
She took off her nightshirt and put on the clothes along with some boots that were too big for her feet.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
An analyst for Public Health – Seattle & King County, wearing a nightshirt, she went into “emergency management mode,” she said, checking his vital signs and trying to clear his airways.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
The groom would then arrive in his nightshirt, sometimes accompanied by musicians.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2019
She got up in her nightshirt and walked barefoot to the bedroom she had shared with her older sister, but she was not in the bed where she had seen her for the last time.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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