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- uncountableClothing that is suitable be worn in bed.
Better to be thought chronically shy than to have landladies with duplicate keys sneaking in at night in their bedwear.
2008, Ken Follett, Eye of the Needle2 more examples
In the schoolroom she would sit alone in a loving glow as frail clouds of wool grew through her clever fingers into wraps and misty bedwear for Lady Grizel's birthday or Christmas presents.
1983, Molly Keane, Good BehaviourShe appeared to be wearing a laced white nightgown as the hour of the evening was growing late, with an overcoat over to hide her bedwear.
2011, Calvin J. Boal, Last Run of the Whisperer, page 331
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bedwear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedwear
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