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Definition of Nightgown

1. Noun. Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.

Definition of Nightgown

1. n. A loose gown used for undress; also, a gown used for a sleeping garment.

Definition of Nightgown

1. Noun. A garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nightgown

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nightgown

Literary usage of Nightgown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1906)
"I wish my nightgown may do the same :—I only choose that as most convenient to you; but if it was equally so, I had rather the money was laid out in plain ..."

2. The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Amusements, Exercises, Studies, and Pursuits by Matilda Anne Planche Mackarness (1888)
"Now, when I was a child, I always had such an idea of making my dolls " cosy ; " and I considered the nightgown of as much importance as the frock. l could ..."

3. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1906)
"... in return, the nightgown, the nightcap, the combs and brushes were all seized upon, and all tried ; even the little Sally would not be contented till ..."

4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1872)
"With one hand he clutched Prince Pucker by the collar of his nightgown, whirled him out of bed, and applied the instrument of discipline with such force and ..."

5. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1856)
"Thursday night, 22nd, St. Cecilia: having been at College, Mr. Kenyon there in his nightgown, Dr. Deacon and Mr. Clayton, * The Rev. Mr. Tho. ..."

6. A View of the English Stage: Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms by William Hazlitt (1906)
"Mr. Jones is the hero of the piece, and gives the title to it; for being closely pressed by some bailiffs, he suddenly slips on his Landlady's nightgown, ..."

7. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play by Helen Campbell (1902)
"A provement to the nightgown is to cut the fronts too broad FIG. 66. — nightgown. great im- across for the doll, and run narrow tucks down to the waist; ..."

8. Practical Nursing: A Text-book for Nurses by Anna Caroline Maxwell, Amy Elizabeth Pope (1914)
"Methods of Changing the Upper Sheet, Pillows, nightgown, the Under Sheet. A Mattress: Methods of Turning a Mattress, of Moving a Patient from One Bed to ..."

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