baignoire

Example Sentences

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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

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

From The American by James, Henry

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

It consists of the following single and rather singular statute: "Il est expressement d�fendu aux gar�ons de permettre � deux hommes de se servir de la m�me baignoire."

From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong