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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