robe de chambre
Example Sentences
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Young Vermoncey had just risen; he was dressed in a robe de chambre, and was lying back carelessly in a capacious easy-chair.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
She was attired in a gaudy yellow robe de chambre, ironing the Crapeau's trowsers!
From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
Marguerite arose, and folding her robe de chambre around her, courtesied with ceremonious respect to her mother.
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
After throwing over his shoulders his robe de chambre, Mr. Bennett asked: 'Where do you think Livingstone is?'
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler
The young man had just taken off his coat, waistcoat, and cravat, and was putting on a robe de chambre, when his father appeared.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
