baignoire

Example Sentences

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"You mean the young lady below stairs, in a baignoire in a pink dress?" said Newman.

From The American by James, Henry

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

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar

That time my search was short: I saw her, alone, in a baignoire, leaning back a little.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de

I had drawn up the golden grille, by which the occupants of a baignoire may screen themselves from the curiosity of the parterre.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

On raising the latch and crossing the threshold, one experienced precisely the same impression as when one enters at the theatre into a grated baignoire, before the grating is lowered and the chandelier is lighted.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence