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Definition of jim-jams noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jim-jams

noun

/ˈdʒɪm dʒæmz/

/ˈdʒɪm dʒæmz/

[plural] (British English, informal)

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pyjamas (= a loose jacket and trousers worn in bed)
Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of pie-jim-jams, alteration of pyjamas.

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