deshabille

Example Sentences

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Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real reason was because she was in wretched deshabille, her face was swollen with weeping, and it would be such a weary work to do her hair.

From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary

Such was the character who now, in the easy deshabille described, descended into the court-yard with a great bunch of keys in his hand, and led the way towards the stable.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

Leeby, as yet in deshabille, was shaving her father at a tremendous rate, and Jess, looking as fresh as a daisy, was ready to receive the visitors.

From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Ladies also sat there, in what X. subsequently learnt was not altogether considered deshabille, namely, the sarong and kabaya of the country.

From From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India by Keyser, Arthur Louis