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- n. pajamas
Examples
“He was a young fellow, one of "Kitchener's crowd," and told us frankly that he had the "jimjams" in this solitude of Ypres and "saw Germans" every time a rat jumped.”
“Paul Doyle had a brilliant preamble for you, full of insight, analysis and the most exciting transfer scoop of all time – but then he got the flu so in his jimjams sipping sugary tea and reading the Phantom Tollbooth.”
The Guardian: Transfer window deadline day 2012 – as it happened
“Stella rouses the waking dead, and they all rush downstairs in their jimjams.”
“Looking forward to seeing the real you in silk jimjams on winning.”
“Most of the family are still in jimjams playing Wii and I am sick of leftovers!”
“It gives me the jimjams; it gives everyone the jimjams.”
“All right, that's a lot for now -- off to the Aloha Alcohula tonight, so it's time to pack our jimjams and get on the road soon. posted by K. A. Laity at”
“Have to make sure we have all the bits of our costumes with us, jimjams and all hey, camera might be a nice idea, too.”
“It was Saturday morning and we were still in our jimjams, sitting round in the kitchen, eating toast, and drinking milky coffees.”
““Got your jimjams?” asked Nesta, closing the front door behind us.”
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Be Afraid
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ascared, ugsome, qualm, trepidity, disquietude, scaremonger, scaredy pants, bugbear, scarify, jimjams, petrified, afeared and 11 more...
dontcry Yes, this side of the pond we don't wear jimjams OR heebie jeebies to bed. WE wear "jammies" or "p.j.'s"! Jun 4, 2008
reesetee As a matter of fact, my sleepwear does have a howling fantods pocket; yes indeed. And I paid quite a bit for it. I keep it buttoned up while I sleep lest a fantod get loose and go howling about the room.
My jimjams are printed with a lovely apostrophe pattern too. :-) Jun 4, 2008
yarb A quick trip to the apostropher, you mean?
Jimjams are PJ's in the UK, too. Jun 4, 2008
bilby The point-of-difference bell has gone off. In Australia anyway jimjams is a babytalk word for pyjamas. Does reesetees sleepwear have a special pocket for howling fantods?
Every time I try to type an apostrophe, a quick search box appears. Will I survive a day without apostrophes? Should I make a surprise trip to the grocer and stock up? Jun 4, 2008
reesetee Wait. I thought these were the heebie jeebies? I try not to wear them to bed. Jun 3, 2008
plethora Clearly Wordie is lacking in the pyjama department. Jun 3, 2008
bilby What, no pyjamas list? Jun 3, 2008