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slumberwear

slumberwear noun: sleepwear.

Noun

slumberwear (uncountable)

  1. sleepwear
    • Wendy bending gives a blessing, / Holds me as I drift to dreamland / Safe inside my slumberwear.1974, John Betjeman, Indoor Games near Newbury
    • For the entertainment and instruction of visitors there are fashion parades at which seven mannequins will show off the latest fashions in C.W.S. dresses, rainwear and slumberwear. The high spot will be a beautiful bridal scene.1950, The Co-operative Productive Review, volumes 25-26, page 286

Origin of slumberwear

From slumber + -wear.

Questions about slumberwear

What does slumberwear mean?
Slumberwear means sleepwear.
What part of speech is slumberwear?
Slumberwear is a noun.

Words near slumberwear in the dictionary

  1. slumberous
  2. slumberously
  3. slumberousness
  4. slumbers
  5. slumbersome
  6. slumberwear
  7. slumbery
  8. slumbre
  9. slumbred
  10. slumbres
  11. slumbring

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