nightgown
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The babydoll itself debuted in the 1940s as a nightgown whose abbreviated length was the result of war-rationed fabric.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2024
Dressed in a pink nightgown, Ms. Wilkerson was dancing in front of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan for a TikTok video.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Melinda Bettencourt was still in her nightgown when the police showed up at the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
In wintertime it would be quite dark when he climbed from his bed made out of the cigarette box, and he sometimes shivered with cold as he stood in his nightgown doing his exercises.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
Probably for the same reason, I no longer have any nightgowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
This is the movie responsible for putting “Sleepless in Seattle” nightgowns in airport souvenir stores.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
The dresses of "Bridgerton" look like comfy nightgowns compared to the frothy, highly-structured clothes of "The Gilded Age," where many female characters resemble wedding cakes.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2022
By the time they purchased the house, Loretta Caponi was becoming a renowned purveyor of fine hand-embroidered nightgowns and linens, beloved by generations of aristocratic European and Middle Eastern families.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2021
I see my mother lead in a group of mobile patients, still wearing their hospital nightgowns and robes.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
