pajamas

[ puh-jah-muh z, -jam-uh z ]

/ pəˈdʒɑ məz, -ˈdʒæm əz /

night clothes consisting of loose-fitting trousers and jacket.

loose-fitting trousers, usually of silk or cotton, worn by both sexes in Asia, especially in the East.

Also especially British, py·jam·as.

Origin of pajamas

1870–75; plural of pajama < Hindi, variant of pāyjāma < Persian pāy leg + jāma garment

pa·ja·maed, adjective

“Oh let them in, Olga,” they suddenly heard the voice of Havel, who climbed out of bed in his pajamas.

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You'd imagined that they could slip into their metal shell as easily as you slipped in and out of your pajamas.

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It was 3:55 and he went upstairs and got into his pajamas and lay down and slept for two hours.

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Some may just rock out in pajamas on the couch, enjoying the fact that world has shut down for a moment.

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I changed him into his pajamas and I read him a bedtime story.

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How he must have looked, sliding down that rope in his pajamas!

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Slipping off my pajamas, I seated myself on the broad window sill.

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I was in pajamas, barefoot, as on another almost similar occasion, but I was better armed than before.

The Window at the White Cat |Mary Roberts Rinehart
I tell you I know, Dicky; he doesn't approve of young ladies in pajamas.

The Haunted Pajamas |Francis Perry Elliott
No sheets—men sleep in their stockings, shirts, and loose trousers (pajamas); the ladies in garments something similar.

A Visit to the Philippine Islands |John Bowring

pajamas

/ (pəˈdʒɑːməz) /

the US spelling of pyjamas