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Synonyms for nightgown


Grammar : Noun
Spell : nahyt-goun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn



Définition of nightgown

Origin :
  • also night-gown, c.1400, from night + gown.
  • noun dress in which to sleep
Example sentences :
  • Here's a woman who came in in a nightgown and pair of slippers.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She thoughtfully held up and surveyed a tiny infant's nightgown.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • "I haven't got any nightgown," called a voice from the other room.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • She undressed Glorianna, but she got her nightgown on upside down.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • She has on only her nightgown and a wrapper over it; her bare feet are thrust into slippers.
  • Extract from : « The First and The Last » by John Galsworthy
  • I stayed on in that house from which I nearly ran away in my nightgown.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • She slipped out of her day clothes and into her nightgown—and so to bed.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • The pad should be sufficiently thick to ensure that the nightgown does not get wet.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • Only Nancy in her nightgown still, and playing with poor faded Belinda.
  • Extract from : « An Australian Lassie » by Lilian Turner
  • However, she was sitting up in bed with her nightgown on when I found her.
  • Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne

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