Synonyms for nightie
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nahy-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnaɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for nightie Other synonyms for the word nightie
Définition of nightie
Origin :- 1871, short for nightgown; originally a children's word.
- As in negligee : noun nightgown
- As in nightgown : noun dress in which to sleep
- As in pajamas : noun sleeping clothes
- Never mind, Allyn, sister will come in a few minutes and put your nightie on.
- Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray
- Her nightie was a heap by her bed, the bed crumpled and empty.
- Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
- "It's my nightie," whispered Lottie, pointing to the bundle.
- Extract from : « The Mission of Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
- Every time I finish a nightie, it means another baby can have a bath.
- Extract from : « The Red Rugs of Tarsus » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
- But I wisht sombody'd give the girls a nightie or somethin' to wear.
- Extract from : « The Pathless Trail » by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
- Just as Flyaway, in her nightie, was having a frolic with Grace, there was a sound of wheels.
- Extract from : « Dotty Dimple's Flyaway » by Sophie May
- I sat for another second in disconcerted silence, my needle, threaded with white silk, poised above the nightie.
- Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck
- A small boy was hurried in his nightie across the street and kept till all danger had passed.
- Extract from : « A Backward Glance at Eighty » by Charles A. Murdock
- Of course, part of the milk spilled on his nightie but the remainder he drank greedily.
- Extract from : « Polly in New York » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
- Marianne had sat down at her work basket and Marietje, out of sheer boredom, also took up a "nightie."
- Extract from : « The Twilight of the Souls » by Louis Couperus
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