pyjama

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Dressed in a kurta-pyjama, the younger Badal took the oath in Punjabi.

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  1. noun Chiefly British Variant of pajama.

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  • Standing in the centre of the small hall, the moonlight falling directly upon him, was the pyjama-clad figure of Uncle William. —  Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham - Campion 04: 1931
  • Bringing his silk-pyjama-clad legs to the thickly carpeted floor, he peered into the bassinet beside the huge sleigh-style bed and frowned. —  TheMediterraneanMillionaire’sMistress
  • I Said I'd Never (from Lilyanasmom): A very funny story of a woman who has metamorphosed into the mother she claimed she'd never become complete with a pyjama-wearing-in-public, sticky mess of a delicious little girl. —  Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters
  • Two teenagers dressed in pyjamas were photographed playing with a dog on McDonnell Street, while a third pyjama-wearing woman was pictured walking along the Ballymurphy Road carrying a shopping bag. —  Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
  • As his two pyjama-clad children cried in the back seat, Baxter composed a confession.
 

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