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Recent Examples of nightcap
Naturally, Betty Jo invites Lee back to hers for a nightcap.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Avs assistant Nolan Pratt will lead the coaching staff in the nightcap downtown, along with Eagles head coach Mark Letestu and his other assistant, Tim Army.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
The easiest place to enjoy a nightcap is the lobby bar of your hotel.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
After dinner, many guests migrate to the aft and sun decks for a nightcap under the stars.
—Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Avs assistant Nolan Pratt will lead the coaching staff in the nightcap downtown, along with Eagles head coach Mark Letestu and his other assistant, Tim Army.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
The easiest place to enjoy a nightcap is the lobby bar of your hotel.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
After dinner, many guests migrate to the aft and sun decks for a nightcap under the stars.
—Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightcap
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The restaurant also serves a handful of low-ABV cocktails ($14-$17) like the bon vivant, made with shochu, dry vermouth, oleo saccharum, Pescadero sea salt and bay laurel oil; or the low tide, featuring an aloe aperitif, cucumber-parsley cordial and tonic.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Locals and visitors alike still flock to its quayside terrace for an aperitif served with a side of people watching, just like Jean Cocteau, who lived in room 22, and his friends once did.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, 52 percent of women want sleepwear like robes, pajamas or nightgowns compared to just 27 percent of men.—
Catherine Salfino,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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With terrifying makeup that resembled the character’s sleepless, scarred face, the talk show host looked truly possessed with her blue nightgown and possessed demeanor.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Mitchell was the most quietly elegant of men, dressed in a costume—a homburg, a knitted vest, a tweed jacket—that seemed unchanged since the thirties, and speaking in a soft but confident North Carolina accent.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2024
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Antinori, who has worked in top-tier hotel bars across Europe, has eschewed the complexity of modern mixology in favor of straightforward, unpretentious tipples that spotlight quality local ingredients.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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The old Queen Mother, King Charles’ grandmother was partial to her same cocktail (Dubonnet and gin), every day at precisely 6:15 p.m. One day, the required tipple had not arrived.—
Louis J. Esterhazy,
Footwear News,
7 Sep. 2025
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My great-grandmother in Georgia always wore a full-length dressing gown, while one of my Ohio grandmothers liked silky two-piece sets, and the other preferred flannel nightshirts with a rounded yoke that looked like something out of Little House on the Prairie.—
Clint Davis,
Southern Living,
21 Dec. 2024
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Petite Plume also sells silk pajama sets and nightshirts in whimsical prints, to make for a memorable gift.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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And what's up with that guy in the beret?—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Per the company, brand-new elements were designed for Sloth’s pirate hat and bandana, and Mama Fratelli’s hair and beret.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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There are beer stands, dessert carts and liquor bars throughout the ballpark.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Victor Schwartz, a wine and liquor importer, spoke to ABC News.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Take Prada’s Spring-Summer 2023 show, where sheer, matronly nightdresses and housecoats were shown with heeled Mary Janes and tightly gripped clutch bags.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
29 July 2025
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The pair appear in a series of flamboyant poses: noodling on a piano; smoking solemnly in front of art works; curtsying mid-phone call in a risqué nightdress.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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“Nightcap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightcap. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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