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- (clothing) A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.
- A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
- (by extension, figuratively) Something that a person reads or listens to before bed.
- (US, sports, baseball) The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.
- (historical) A cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged.
Verbi
- (intransitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed.
Esimerkit
- Winston wore a nightcap to stave off the cold.
- I'll make myself a nightcap of whisky and lemon before heading to bed.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | nightcaps |
(clothing) A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.
Portrait of Henry Shaw wearing a nightcap.
A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
A Bedtime Drink by Dutch painter Johannes Rosierse (c. 1860)
(clothing) A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.
Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol wearing his nightshirt and nightcap. Illustration by John Leech.