bedjacket
bedjacket noun: a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
Noun
bedjacket (plural bedjackets)
- A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
- She hauled the bed from her room out into the middle of the Studio before the open fire and lay there in state, done up in fancy bed-jackets, smoking innumerable cigarettes and entertaining anybody whom she could persuade to visit.1944, Emily Carr, “Sham”, in The House of All Sorts, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., published 1971, page 77
- Oh dear, dear!—you know you’re sick when someone sends you a bedjacket instead of bath powder or a nice travel book. A bedjacket is almost as antiquated as a bustle or a dress shield. A bedjacket speaks of desperation, and what it says is: toodle-oo.1993, Carol Shields, chapter 9, in The Stone Diaries, Toronto: Random House of Canada, page 331
Forms of bedjacket
| plural | bedjackets |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bed-jacket |
Origin of bedjacket
From bed + jacket.
Words formed from bedjacket
Questions about bedjacket
- What does bedjacket mean?
- Bedjacket means a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.
- What part of speech is bedjacket?
- Bedjacket is a noun.
- What is the plural of bedjacket?
- The plural of bedjacket is bedjackets.
Words near bedjacket in the dictionary
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