bedjacket

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bedjacket

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From bed + jacket.

noun bedjackets · bed-jacket

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.

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noun a short jacket worn when sitting up in bed

Français	liseuse
Italiano	liseuse, giacchettino, mantellina, giacchetta

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"bedjacket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bedjacket. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bedjacket. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bedjacket

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"bedjacket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bedjacket.

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@misc{bedjacket_2026,
  title = {bedjacket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bedjacket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}