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Keep feet cozy and warm with plush slippers, cozy pajama sets, quick dry towels, velvet hair bows and more.—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026 Savannah Guthrie told Kotb that her mother was taken in her pajamas, without her shoes or medicine.—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026 During bouts of insomnia, Altman would wander by them in his pajamas.—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 In her pajamas, with no shoes, without her medicine.—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pajama
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Etymology
Hindi & Urdu pājāma, from Persian pā leg + jāma garment