sleeping suit

noun

An outfit worn to sleep in; pyjamas, a nightdress.

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Meanings

nounsleeping suit (plural sleeping suits)

plural sleeping suits

  1. archaicAn outfit worn to sleep in; pyjamas, a nightdress.

    So he went across to her, to get his sleeping suit.

    1915, DH Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 422

Origin

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sleeping suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleeping%20suit

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleeping suit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleeping%20suit.

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