[
UK
/nˈaɪti/
]
NOUN
- lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
How To Use nightie In A Sentence
- Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
- ‘Sewing a squash ball into the back of their pyjamas or nightie might sound like a wind-up but it's effective because it stops people from sleeping on their back,’ he said.
- I could hear the billowing of her flannelette nightie as she swooped down the hallway, huffing and puffing with determination.
- All very well to feel nourished in the billowy comfort of my nightie; huffing myself into work clothes this morning took almost an hour longer than expected!
- Prices start at 6 for briefs and go up to 35 for a babydoll nightie. The Sun
- She wore a one-piece yellow nightie and had soft dark hair.
- I was moving Bea's bags out of the way, taking out the few things I thought she might need - a change of nightie, some bottles of Lucozade.
- Gee!" she giggled, "after going to bed every night over there muffled in woolen pajamas and blankets till I looked like Peary, a nightie like this feels positively indecent. Lance Mannion:
- The girls all cheered as Chris held up a black lacy nightie from a deep red box.
- I, clad in a cool summer nightie, and Grampy, his sleeveless T - shirt, sat watching the traffic.