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Pajamas
Soft clothing originated from the Indian subcontinent / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Pajamas (disambiguation).
Pajamas (US) or pyjamas (Commonwealth) (/pəˈdʒɑːməz, pɪ-, -ˈdʒæ-/ pə-JAH-məz, pih-, -JAM-əz), sometimes colloquially shortened to PJs,[1] jammies,[2] jim-jams, or in South Asia, night suits, are several related types of clothing worn as nightwear or while lounging. Pajamas are soft garments derived from the Indian and Iranian bottom-wear, the pyjamas, which were adopted in the Western world as nightwear.
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