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
Boys and girls in all stages of deshabille clustered about the door-steps and gave vent to audible exclamations of approval or disapprobation concerning the state of affairs behind the green shutters.
From Violets and Other Tales by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
It was the lawyer, in deshabille and very rough-haired; and very angry he looked.
From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by Joseph Lewis French
As Dr. John says, there is nothing slip-shod, or in deshabille, in him.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
In morning, in deshabille, not all the venerability of its age can make it respectable.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
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