baignoire

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At the theatre her vivacity sank into a breathless hush, and she sat intent in her corner of their baignoire, with the gaze of a neophyte about to be initiated into the sacred mysteries.

From The Reef by Wharton, Edith

It consists of the following single and rather singular statute: "Il est expressement d�fendu aux gar�ons de permettre � deux hommes de se servir de la m�me baignoire."

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong

On raising the latch and crossing the threshold, one experienced precisely the same impression as when one enters at the theatre into a grated baignoire, before the grating is lowered and the chandelier is lighted.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

That time my search was short: I saw her, alone, in a baignoire, leaning back a little.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de

I had drawn up the golden grille, by which the occupants of a baignoire may screen themselves from the curiosity of the parterre.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold