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- noun Plural form of
nightdress .
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Examples
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I just got a pair of leg warmers to wear with my shorter nightdresses around the house.
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Frau Cohen carries in a stack of folded nightdresses, her sleeves rolled up, three strands of hair hanging over her eyes.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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There are long, meticulous lists of what it is advisable to bring—nightdresses, mittens, candles, shoe polish, eyeglasses—and what is not advisable—rugs, plants, books, matches.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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There are long, meticulous lists of what it is advisable to bring—nightdresses, mittens, candles, shoe polish, eyeglasses—and what is not advisable—rugs, plants, books, matches.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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The remaining Hirschfeld girls crowd the top of the second story stairwell, still in their nightdresses, the older ones holding up the youngest so they can see.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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The remaining Hirschfeld girls crowd the top of the second story stairwell, still in their nightdresses, the older ones holding up the youngest so they can see.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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Frau Cohen carries in a stack of folded nightdresses, her sleeves rolled up, three strands of hair hanging over her eyes.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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But the most familiar sense of the word ‘Gothic’ is to be found in pop culture, where the term evokes principally the gothic novel or short story: an expression that should instantly bring to mind tales of vampires and werewolves, ghosts and goblins; nubile virgins in white nightdresses screaming their attractive heads off while telltale hearts beat beneath lace bodices and creaky floorboards.
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But the most familiar sense of the word ‘Gothic’ is to be found in pop culture, where the term evokes principally the gothic novel or short story: an expression that should instantly bring to mind tales of vampires and werewolves, ghosts and goblins; nubile virgins in white nightdresses screaming their attractive heads off while telltale hearts beat beneath lace bodices and creaky floorboards.
Archive 2009-09-01 Hels 2009
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“It'll be funny,” Misty declares, moving from girl to sleeping girl, dispelling the contents into their hair, on their hands, nightdresses, sleeping bags.
White Horses Cynthia Reeser 2009
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