Meaning

1 senses
  1. A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.

    He wore a blue striped nightshirt and bedroom slippers.

More definitions
  • nightclothes worn by men

Examples

1 sentences
  1. "Give Tom a decent nightshirt," ordered Nan. "I don't rate those pyjamas."

    de„Gib Tom mal ein anständiges Nachthemd!“ befahl Oma. „Von den Pyjamas halt’ ich nichts.“

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Origin

From night + shirt.

From night + shirt.

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Forms

plural: nightshirts
Singularnightshirt
Pluralnightshirts

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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