bedgown
Example Sentences
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He was still in his bedgown and slippers, with paper, inkhorn, and pens about him, writing poetry.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
The lower garment is a curious combination of bedgown and Turkish trousers, named calzonçillos; it is bordered by a fringe, sometimes of rich lace, from two to six inches in depth.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
Hannah wore her bedgown and her short blue serge petticoat; her legs and feet were bare; the breezes had caught up her short gray locks, and were tossing them wildly about.
From Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade
A peevish-looking old woman wearing a bedgown, and with a cap with a large frill falling round her face, appeared in the rose-covered porch of the tiny cottage.
From Daddy's Girl by L. T. Meade
After these words the bridal bonnet disappeared; with as much state as the dimity bedgown left in it.
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
