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Synonyms for pajamas

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-jah-muh z, -jam-uh z
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈdʒɑ məz, -ˈdʒæm əz

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Définition of pajamas

Origin :
  • 1800, pai jamahs "loose trousers tied at the waist," worn by Muslims in India and adopted by Europeans there, especially for nightwear, from Hindi pajama, probably from Persian paejamah, literally "leg clothing," from pae "leg" (from PIE *ped- "foot," see foot (n.)) + jamah "clothing." Modern spelling (U.S.) is from 1845. British spelling tends toward pyjamas.
  • noun sleeping clothes
Example sentences :
  • Charlie was at the other end of the burden, which appeared to be a middle-aged man in pajamas.
  • Extract from : « Dream Town » by Henry Slesar
  • He sat up, rubbing his eyes and fumbling with the cordings of his pajamas.
  • Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton
  • Reader, have you ever purchased a pair of pajamas in London?
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
  • "The pajamas look clean, anyway," he continued as he viewed them.
  • Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • He went away, to reappear a quarter of an hour later, this time in his pajamas.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Knew » by Edgar Wallace
  • It looked as they would stay until Pat got into his Pajamas.
  • Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
  • Then for the first time I became aware that I was in pajamas myself.
  • Extract from : « Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror » by Richard Linthicum
  • He had on slippers and a light dressing gown over his pajamas.
  • Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay
  • In spite of the chill outside, he was wearing only a topcoat over his pajamas.
  • Extract from : « Hail to the Chief » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • How he must have looked, sliding down that rope in his pajamas!
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter and His Rivals » by Edward Stratemeyer

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