nightcap

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Stati Uniti//ˈnaɪtˌkæp//

A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.

sostantivo

1
A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.
Winston wore a nightcap to stave off the cold.
2
A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
I'll make myself a nightcap of whisky and lemon before heading to bed.
You know the other night, when I had dinner with Afro-Dite? When Jo was in San Francisco? Well we dropped into the Sinners, right, just for a nightcap.
This week I took up the relatively simple challenge of buying breakfast, lunch and dinner—and a nightcap—exclusively from konbini, as well as completing a couple of admin tasks.
3
figuratoSomething that a person reads or listens to before bed.
"[…] and as a nightcap I happened to pick the copy of Plato […]"
4
The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.
5
storicoA cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged.

Etimologia

From night + cap.

verbo

1
To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed.
Even better than breakfast, though, is nightcapping at the Waffle House . Nightcapping happens after the bars close, but before the southern sunrise: the hours when their jukeboxes play “Freebird” on a continual loop, […]
We nightcapped at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, on the most extravagant cocktails I'd ever purchased in life.

Forme

plurale: nightcaps
passato: nightcapped
participio passato: nightcapped
participio presente: nightcapping
3ª persona singolare: nightcaps

Nigh · A surname. A surname from Middle English night · The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is…Night · The 92nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

nightcap · A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.

Nightcap · A locality in the Byron council area and the Lismore council…nightclub · A public or private establishment that is open late at night…nightfall · The close of the day; the coming of night.

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