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
We held the Council in his dressing-room at Carlton House; he was in his bedgown, and we in our boots.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Henry Reeve
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
Suddenly she sat up in bed, and, taking a bedgown which was lying on it rolled up, she held it eagerly to her breast—to the right side.
From The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 by Daniel Defoe
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
