noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
striped
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Neither could she approve his striped pyjamas , coarse and unpleasing in contrast to Maman's ribboned cambric nightdress.
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On the nine o'clock news she watched Alan sitting in bed, wearing striped pyjamas .
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When he first started out, he used to wear a pair of very baggy, red striped pyjamas !
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Our fellow sleeper is large and silent, a heavy seriousness dictates his majestic arrival in striped pyjamas .
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He wears a black and red kimono over blue striped pyjamas .
■ VERB
wear
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Maybe he didn't even wear pyjamas .
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On the nine o'clock news she watched Alan sitting in bed, wearing striped pyjamas .
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A few girls in my class did a sponsored spell and wore their pyjamas to school!
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He was wearing his new pyjamas and he lay back seductively.
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Always they were naked, and I was surprised they didn't wear pyjamas or a nightshirt like me.
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She wore loose black pyjamas , moccasins and a black brassiere.
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The groom was wearing white pyjamas and a pill-box hat.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the cat's whiskers/pyjamas
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I stripped off my pyjamas and restored them to the rucksack.
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It is in two pieces, like a pair of pyjamas .
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Passengers actually changed into their pyjamas and settled down for the night bunks or convertible seat-beds complete with sheets and blankets.
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Sean Goff goofing around in his pyjamas at the Whiplash 2 comp around 1985.
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She was wearing a dressing gown and pyjamas .
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Still in his pyjamas Brian switched on the fountain, and the sudden spurt of water scared the bird away.
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The pyjamas , creased and oddly old-fashioned looking, hung about his hips with an air of impermanence.