Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nightgown.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women; a nightgown.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
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Examples
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In spite of the cold, I was barefoot and wearing only a coarse white cotton nightrobe.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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In disarrayed nightrobe I leap to bare feet and essay
Satyricon 2007
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She moved quickly to the window and pushed it up, then turned away, picking up her discarded nightrobe and throwing it around her shoulders.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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He took the advice and Cornelia dried herself before wrapping herself up in her thick nightrobe.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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She moved quickly to the window and pushed it up, then turned away, picking up her discarded nightrobe and throwing it around her shoulders.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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He took the advice and Cornelia dried herself before wrapping herself up in her thick nightrobe.
A Wicked Gentleman Jane Feather 2007
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When Lord Fenner entered the room, dressed in his nightrobe, Halla's heart skipped at the sight of his angry, stiff expression.
Dragon's Fire McCaffrey, Anne 2006
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When she raised it, his white nightrobe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in the neck had sent forth drops.
Dracula 2003
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Cataldise, wearing a nightrobe, sat on a footstool in front of her favorite fireside armchair.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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Though she was well into middle age, her body was still erect and firm, beautiful in her silken nightrobe.
Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995
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