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What is a nightcap?

What is a nightcap? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. [From 14th c.]
  2. A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. [From 1818.]
  3. (by extension, figuratively) Something the person reads or listens to before bed.
  4. (US, sports, baseball) The final match of a sporting contest, especially the second game of a baseball doubleheader. [From 1939.]
  5. (historical) A cap drawn over the face of the condemned person before they are hanged.
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He swallowed what was left of his nightcap of vodka and placed the cup on the desk.
Well, what if I went for a nightcap at my hotel and just happened to get chatting to a lady in the bar?
We weren't ready to call it a night, so we headed to Daiquiri Dick's for a nightcap.
Very often you may be eating three meals together each day or sharing a cocktail before dinner or a nightcap when the day is done.
Dolly the Mega-Cat may favour a little Carnation Milk as a nightcap, but, always a lady, never nibbles between meals.
The jovial evening was finished back at V's where we enjoyed a final vodka nightcap.

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