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nightgown

[nahyt-goun] / ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn /


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I just still feel like a girl who likes to be in her creams and nightgown, and I also, in addition to that, really enjoy the feeling of working and sort of running on fumes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2024

He then asked her about her arrest, which he said she had claimed saw her being led away from her home in a nightgown.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

Unlike those two women, bound by corsets, Emilie wears a simple nightgown, which allows her to move freely from her chaise longue to her desk on Sarah White’s handsome set.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

When she turned over, she saw that her mother’s nightgown was plastered to her thighs, dark with blood.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez