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nightcap

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Noun

  1. A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.
  2. A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
  3. Something that a person reads or listens to before bed.
  4. The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader.
  5. A cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged.

Verb

  1. To drink an alcoholic beverage shortly before retiring to bed.

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