Pajama

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pyjama \Py*ja"ma\, n. [Hind. p[=a]e-j[=a]ma, literally, leg
     clothing.]
     In India and Persia, thin loose trowsers or drawers; in
     Europe and America, drawers worn at night, or a kind of
     nightdress with legs. Usually used in the plural. See
     {pajamas}. [Written also {paijama} {pajama}.] [Chiefly


     British variant of {pajama}.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC] Pyjamas