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A mum of three had an embarrassing shock when she noticed her brand new pyjama were emblazoned with a rude word.

Maria Wright, 23, bought a pair of leopard print PJs from the budget clothes chain Peacocks.

The £11 pants were meant to say ' animal ' - but due to a factory error had the word 'anal' on them in large print, just above her bottom.

The trousers offer wearers the chance to "unleash their inner wild side."

But whilst getting ready for bed, she put them on only for partner John to spot the manufacturers had tightened up the waistline at the back - causing the letters 'i' and 'm' on the 'Animal' label to be inadvertently hidden.

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"He was in tears of laughter," said Maria, from Peterborough.

"He started laughing, it's typical that he noticed it right above my bum.

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"Right on top of my bum it says anal, so where they stitched they had not put the I and M of animal in."

"I do see the funny side but it's more the embarrassment for me.

"I had to go down to the store to get my refund and show off the pyjama bottoms in front of everyone.

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"The members of staff were laughing along with the rest of the store.

"My four year old son is just learning to read as well, and he said 'what's anal mummy?'

"I was horrified. I just said 'I don't know'. How embarrassing.

"It's girls that are younger than me though, some children fit into women's pyjamas and I would be shocked as a mother to see that.

"They are not sexy or Ann Summer -ish or anything like that, they're just something a young girl would get.

"I was shocked, John was laughing so I was laughing at him.

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"I didn't believe him at first and then he took a picture and showed me, I was horrified, I told him I was going to complain.

"If they are going to sell something like that it should have a warning label or it should be in Ann Summers, I was gob-smacked.

"Then my friends came around to visit and they saw them too.

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"They were all laughing, I think anyone is going to laugh but when I put my side across, my serious side, they were understanding and told me they saw my point and told me I need to do something about it.

"It was all eyes on me last night, I found it funny of course but then there's a serious side, all the staff are going to have a laugh at my expense as well.

Miss Wright, was offered a full refund when she spoke to head office but she added: "What about my embarrassment of having to go back in there?

"I said I wanted a full refund and a £10 gift voucher and he said he couldn't do that.

She added: "He did a little snigger and seemed like he didn't want to do anything for me."

Peacocks said it was looking into the matter.