Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loose-fitting garment consisting of trousers and a shirt or top, worn for sleeping or lounging.
- noun Loose-fitting trousers worn in South and Southeast Asia by men and women.
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- noun Attributive form of
pajamas - noun A pair of
pajamas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries
- noun (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She probably uses them for dust rags, or maybe she gives them away to some girl who sleeps only in pajama bottoms.
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Eight-year-old Bruno and his twelve-year-old sister Gretel find themselves alone with their mother in a cold, modernist estate-kept company only by soldiers, a stray inmate servant or two, far-off glimpses of "pajama" - clad "farmers," and a frequent plume of acrid, pungent black smoke.
ChristianCinema.com - Faith Affirming and Family Approved Entertainment 2009
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not to mention such great moments in pajama journalism such as memogate!
The Volokh Conspiracy » Wouldn’t It Be So Impressive To Be a “Michigan Registered Reporter”? 2010
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I linked to an article in The Village Voice (hardly a right wing media outlet) in their article they listed some comments from some place called pajama media ...
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(Perhaps she might also be interested in a little something we like to call pajama jeans?)
StyleList Sarah Cristobal 2010
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When I was in college, there was a guy known as the pajama man because he wore pajamas all the time.
Hot Air » Top Picks 2008
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When I was in college, there was a guy known as the pajama man because he wore pajamas all the time.
Hot Air » Top Picks 2008
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_robe de chambre_, which the girls best liked to call a pajama, and now slipped her feet into a pair of little Turkish slippers, all toe and sole, and opening the communicating door, peered into the library.
All Aboard A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry
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Now I opine (I have stolen that word from Irvin) that under those circumstances, or something approximating them, such as pajama trousers, or the neglect to conceal that portion of a shirt not intended for the public eye, almost any man of my acquaintance would have made a wild bolt for the nearest bar, hissing like a teakettle.
'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' Mary Roberts Rinehart 1910
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One of the final class projects is an article of clothing, such as pajama pants or a skirt.
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bilby commented on the word pajama
Also pyjama.
May 7, 2019