Meanings
plural bedjackets · alternative bed-jacket
- A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
She hauled the bed from her room out into the middle of the Studio before the open fire and lay there in state, done up in fancy bed-jackets, smoking innumerable cigarettes and entertaining anybody whom she could persuade to visit.
1944, Emily Carr, “Sham”, in The House of All Sorts, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., published 1971, page 771 more example
Oh dear, dear!—you know you’re sick when someone sends you a bedjacket instead of bath powder or a nice travel book. A bedjacket is almost as antiquated as a bustle or a dress shield. A bedjacket speaks of desperation, and what it says is: toodle-oo.
1993, Carol Shields, chapter 9, in The Stone Diaries, Toronto: Random House of Canada, page 331
Origin
Translations
French liseuse
- liseusea short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
Italian liseuse, giacchettino
- liseusea short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
- giacchettinoa short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
- mantellinaa short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
- giacchettaa short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
Polish kaftanik nocny
- kaftanik nocnya short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
Swedish lisös, bäddjacka
- lisösa short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
- bäddjackaa short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
Welsh betgwn
- betgwna short jacket worn when sitting up in bed
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