NIGHTGOWN
NOUNS
► APHRODITE a nightgown → 1875 rhyming sl. for ‘nightie’
► AUNT TILLIES an old-fashioned woman’s nightgown → 1943 US sl.
► GOD ALMIGHTY a woman’s nightie, a nightdress → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► KNOCKING-JACKET a nightgown → E18
► NEGGLEDIGEE ‘a woman’s undressed gown’; a nightgown → 1823 sl.
► NIGHT-RAIL a nightgown → 1899 Amer. dial.
► ROB DE NIGHT a nightgown; (French ‘robe de nuit’) → 1910s World War I Amer. sl.
► SARK a shirt; a chemise; occasionally, a nightdress → 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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