dayclothes
UK/ˈdeɪ.kləʊ(ð)z/US/ˈdeɪ.kloʊ(ð)z/
dayclothes noun: synonym of daywear.
Noun
dayclothes pl (plural only)
- Synonym of daywear.
- Accordingly, that evening, when bedtime came. Maria and the children did not go to bed, but they lay down upon the couches and in their berths, in their dayclothes, awaiting the summons which they expected to receive when the small steamer should come.c. 1853, Jacob Abbott, “The Arrival” (chapter XI), in Rollo on the Atlantic, Boston: W. J. Reynolds & Co., page 208
- Synonyms:
- daywear
Synonyms of dayclothes
Origin of dayclothes
From day + clothes.
Questions about dayclothes
- What does dayclothes mean?
- Dayclothes means synonym of daywear.
- What part of speech is dayclothes?
- Dayclothes is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dayclothes?
- Dayclothes is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.kləʊ(ð)z/ (UK).
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