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nightie

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈnaɪti

Definitions

A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.

informal

Equivalents

DeutschNachthemd
2 more languages
Türkçegecelik

Examples

“I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.”
The clip shows the 67-year-old enfant terrible of French letters in pyjamas lying on a bed next to a woman in a nightie, smoking and laughing.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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