deshabille

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Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was thus incoherently raging when the scene was 316 interrupted by the arrival of the landlord and inn servants in various degrees of deshabille, and to them I gave my temporary lunatic in charge.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

John smiled to see Harry from morning to night in deshabille as workmanlike as possible, with a foot rule or hammer constantly in his hand.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

To my surprise, he was in wild deshabille, and far out of his usual phlegmatic self with excitement.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl

Such was the character who now, in the easy deshabille described, descended into the court-yard with a great bunch of keys in his hand, and led the way towards the stable.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James