She did not want to dress yet, but rather to sit down and think, so she twisted up her hair into a little knot, slipped a skirt over her nightdress, and sat on a chair near the window and began looking around.
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham
Close to Betty a stout lady in a nightdress shivered, and clasped a whimpering pug in her arms.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
Babette, her little white nightdress flying in the breeze, was riding on the witch's broomstick and singing loudly as the rest.
"The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Loretta Ellen Brady