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 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 William Makepeace Thackeray
Somewhile after I was called to Prestongrange, where he was sitting in his bedgown and nightcap, with his letters round him.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"I am not afraid of mists," she said, and in her long silk bedgown she tripped to the outer door, opened it, and returned to fling herself in abandonment of fatigue upon her tiny couch.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
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 Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by William Patten
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