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nightgown

[nahyt-goun] / ˈnaɪtˌgaʊn /


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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

Melinda Bettencourt was still in her nightgown when the police showed up at the door.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

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

In “Mad Men,” Betty Draper, a 1960s housewife caught in a marriage of spite and deception, stands in her yard in her peach nightgown, holding a rifle pointed toward the sky.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

Cassiopeia was done with her bath and had slipped on her nightgown, but her long auburn hair was still very wet.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood



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