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nightclothes

[nahyt-klohz, -klohthz] / ˈnaɪtˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz /


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Behind him are lighted ones with people in their nightclothes standing in the road.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018

Less frequently, he makes his way up the hall to the ornate Treaty Room, sometimes dressed for the day, sometimes still in nightclothes, where he begins his official and unofficial calls.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2017

Gerry Belcher, the hotel owner, said many people arrived "in just their nightclothes".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2014

They stood frozen by the bedside in their nightclothes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2012

That was how Mama found me: barefoot and in my nightclothes eating out of the pot of rice from dinner, Dinah propped up against the sugar bowl facing me, in the dark kitchen.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce