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Definition of Pyjamas

1. n. pl. A garment, similar to the Oriental pyjama (which see), adopted among Europeans, Americans, and other Occidentals, for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit of drawers and blouse for such wear.

Definition of Pyjamas

1. Noun. (chiefly British spelling) Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting jacket and trousers. ¹

2. Noun. Loose-fitting trousers worn in the Far East by both sexes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pyjamas

1. pyjama [n] - See also: pyjama

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyjamas

Literary usage of Pyjamas

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

1. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"Very often John Lawrence would be found pronouncing solemn decisions in pyjamas and shirt-sleeves. The same disregard of ' appearances' rendered him, ..."

2. Behind the German Veil: A Record of a Journalistic War Pilgrimage by J. M. de Beaufort (1917)
"IN pyjamas IN the afternoon I went shopping. I bought all that was necessary for a winter trip into Poland. True, I already had a fair outfit, ..."

3. Behind the German Veil: A Record of a Journalistic War Pilgrimage by J. M. de Beaufort (1917)
"IN pyjamas IN the afternoon I went shopping. I bought all that was necessary for a winter trip into Poland. True, I already had a fair outfit, but, ..."

4. Plane Tales from the Skies by Wilfrid Theodore Blake (1918)
"17 GUNS AND pyjamas COMPLAINTS having been received that enemy guns were particularly troublesome in a certain area, and that owing to the heavy ground-mist ..."

5. A Merry Banker in the Far East (and South America) by Walter H. Young (1916)
"CHAPTER V pyjamas, DUTCH WIVES AND A BANK INSPECTOR TO revert to my arrival in Iloilo and to continue the tale of my experiences there—a day or two after ..."

6. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"palimpsest spelling pyjamas. However, pajamas is now the usual ... 1969 Exceptions, of course, can occur The Professor in pyjamas was not an unpleasant ..."

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