bedgown

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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

Then she greatly disapproved of the shape of the bedgown she had been set to make, and did not believe it would sit properly.

From Sowing and Sewing A Sexagesima Story by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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 Meade, L. T.

The next morning Mr. Warrington, arrayed in his brocade bedgown, took his breakfast, read the newspaper, and enjoyed his ease in his inn.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace