nightdress

I must have pinched up a piece of loose skin and have transfixed it, for there are two little red points like pin-pricks, and on the band of her nightdress was a drop of blood.

Dracula 2003

I must have pinched up a piece of loose skin and have transfixed it, for there are two little red points like pin-pricks, and on the band of her nightdress was a drop of blood.

Dracula 1897

I must have pinched up a piece of loose skin and have transfixed it, for there are two little red points like pin-pricks, and on the band of her nightdress was a drop of blood.

Dracula Bram Stoker 1879

One example, noted by spy novelist Jeremy Duns, is this passage from "Assassin of Secrets": "Then he saw her, behind the fountain, a small light, dim but growing to illuminate her as she stood naked but for a thin, translucent nightdress; her hair undone and falling to her waist—hair and the thin material moving and blowing as though caught in a silent zephyr."

Spy Thriller: 'An Instant Classic' Vanishes Amid Plagiarism Charges Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011

It isn't late when we get back to her place, but Enid's tired, and does have to get up early to move her car for Friday street-cleaning before going to work, so right away she puts on that white cotton nightdress of hers and gets into bed.

Please Come to Boston? (Memoir) Rick Rofihe 2011

She made a delightful picture of young womanhood as she stood there in her genuine Myrene Flannelette nightdress (only 1/11¾ per yard, and guaranteed non-inflammable).

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

That seemed to increase our sexual activities especially when I started wearing a nightdress As far as I know by experience in meeting other CD's at a CD club with my wife.

Ask Professor Foxy: Things Change - Feministing 2009

She looked down at her smooth young arms, left bare by her scant nightdress.

From Bohemia to the battlefields and back again, our dainty heroine describes her adventures 2010

Christaniel was still lying in bed and had to be woken up by Sarah herself, a burly woman in a nightdress and boots, smoking a cigar.

And the discussion goes on... nathreee 2009

Once a month or so, I push up Pilar's nightdress, determined to feel those happy kisses again, on my eyelids, my neck.

Hiccup Susan Rukeyser 2011