night cap

See also: night-cap and nightcap

English

Noun

night cap (plural night caps)

1. Alternative form of nightcap.
   • 1709, Edward Ward, “The Broken Shop-Keepers' Club”, in The History of the London Clubs‎^[1], London: J. Dutten, published 1896, page 19:

     Among the promiscuous Assembly of broken Extravagants, a slovenly Sot sits puffing at the Board in a woollen Night cap, so disguis'd with Dirt, & his Hands & Face with Nastiness, that he look'd like the Cook of a Newcastle Collier just slept on Shore to enter an Action against his Master for wages.

   • 1827, [Richard Cook], “BISHOP, OR SPICED WINE”, in Oxford Night Caps. Being a Collection of Receipts for Making Various Beverages Used in the University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, London: […] Henry Slatter; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 1:

     BISHOP seems to be one of the oldest winter beverages known, and to this day is preferred to every other, not only by the youthful votary of Bacchus at his evening’s revelry, but also by the grave Don by way of a night cap; […]

   • 1834, Frederick Marryat, Florence Marryat, Rattlin, the reefer, page 41:

     When I became strong enough to be again able to rim about, I was once more sent to a day-school, and all that I remember about the matter was, that every day, about eleven o'clock, I was told to run home and get a wigful of potatoes from Brandon's, the venerable pedagogue coolly taking off his wig, and exchanging it for a red night cap, until my return with the provender.

   • 1855, Frank Forester, “The Wigwam in the Wilderness”, in W.C. Bryant et al., editors, Graham's American monthly magazine of literature, art, and fashion‎^[2], volume 47, page 321:

     And she was allus a making teeny-weeny little night caps and flannel shirts...

   • 1866 April 20, Charles W. G. Howard, “Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons), page 84:

     I went out and borrowed him a night cap; put him my night shirt on, and wrapped him in a blanket.