Meanings
nounnegligee (countable and uncountable, plural negligees)
plural negligees
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of négligée.
she never got over the fright of finding a rattler coiled in her bedroom closet, on her washing, when she went to hang up her negligee.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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