nightcap

Noun

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Noun (3)

  1. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholicType of drink
  2. a cloth cap worn in bedType of capPart of nightgown, gown
  3. the final game of a double headerType of gamePart of twin bill, doubleheader
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Night′cap′ noun

1. A cap worn in bed to protect the head, or in undress.

2. An alcoholic beverage drunk at bedtime. cant Thomas Wright

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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