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nightclothes

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


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It tore nightclothes from people who had been sleeping moments before.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

In Montgomery City, Mo., Mr. Moskowitz observes, “people got out in their nightclothes to see the racers roar through” at 3:50 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

The Daily Telegraph says the 40-year-old "was still in her nightclothes when the news she didn't dare believe came through".

From BBC Aug. 24, 2018

They stood frozen by the bedside in their nightclothes.

From Washington Post Jan. 14, 2012

She wrote her letters in the evening, after she had wrestled the horrible Babushkawoos into their nightclothes and read them a bedtime story.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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