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nightie

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[nahy-tee]

noun

Informal.

plural

nighties 
  1. a nightgown.



nightie

/ ˈԲɪɪ /

noun

  1. informalshort for nightdress

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nightie1

First recorded in 1890–95; night(gown) + -ie
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"I was in my nightie and he grabbed my hand, started pulling me out the bathroom. I was really trying to stop him, but I couldn't."

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Boyd remembers hosting pajama party sales events at his stores where customers would show up in outrageous sleepwear — see-through nighties and G-strings.

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Cardigans and some of Martha's nighties are actually my gran's old stuff.

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And there was Camilla, in her flannel nightie, climbing into her bed.

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"It's a lovely rise and fall, up and down like a bride's nightie," he told one nervous contestant.

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