Meaning of nursewear | Babel Free

Definitions

Clothing to be worn by nurses.

uncountable

Examples

“Showing British Woollen Frocks . . . American Afternoon Frocks . . . Air Raid Emergency Suits, Landwear and Nursewear, including British Red Cross Uniforms!”

“They also manufacture clerical collars, plastic fronts and nursewear.”

“Smart dress­es and pantsuits . . . in our crisp new line of nursewear.”

“This nurse looked like something out of a racy-nursewear catalogue, like somebody that had to detour blocks out of her way to avoid construction sites at lunchtime.”

“Meg gravitated towards the costumes, openly wondering about the nursewear.”

“Polly’s dressing-up box was full of good disguises. Quite a few had an erotic slant – for instance, nursewear, policewear, full bondage gear – but I wanted to hide from Mr Death, not be chased by him like a malnourished Benny Hill.”

“I never did get a little white cap. A few hardcore purists still wear one with defiant pride, but these days classic nursewear is mostly relegated to cheesy porn.”

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