- nightcap
- {n.} A good-night drink; a drink taken just before bedtime. * /Let's have a nightcap and then go to sleep./ * /Would you like to come up to my place for a nightcap?/
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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nightcap — {n.} A good night drink; a drink taken just before bedtime. * /Let s have a nightcap and then go to sleep./ * /Would you like to come up to my place for a nightcap?/ … Dictionary of American idioms
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