Definition of "nightclothes" []

• Clothes, such as pajamas or a nightgown, worn in bed. Also called nightdress, nightwear, sleepwear. (noun-plural)

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• "Ono's security staff say Karsan dropped off a letter and a photograph of Ono in nightclothes to the artist's apartment in New York, where she once lived with the former Beatle."
• "Wuterich was commanding a group of soldiers who burst into the victims' homes in Haditha and shot women, children and men in their nightclothes."
• "Still in her nightclothes, reeking of smoke, and gripping the smoldering diary, Cat rose from her seat to follow Jack."