baignoire

Example Sentences

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Newman at last made his way out, and in doing so he passed beneath the baignoire of Mademoiselle Noemie.

From The American by James, Henry

When they reached the theatre, Call� looked at the ticket and said: "It's a baignoire."

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

At the end of the act Newman observed that Valentin was still in the baignoire.

From The American by James, Henry

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

"And whom do you suspect?" she asked, her eyes foraging an opposite baignoire.

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar