Nightcaps

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of nightcap form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of nightcap form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A coal-mining settlement in western Southland, New Zealand.

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alcoholic beverageanestheticaperitifcapchasercocktail

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"There are bedsteads screwed to the floor. Men in blue hospital dressing-gowns, and wearing nightcaps in the old style, are sitting and lying on them. These are the lunatics."

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