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

The last reserve tumbled from their sleeping-places in various stages of deshabille, all talking excitedly.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)

He knew nothing of deshabille, and always left his bath-room fully dressed for the day.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

As Dr. John says, there is nothing slip-shod, or in deshabille, in him.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

The sleeves of her dress were reversed, showing the forearms, which gave her an appearance of deshabille, homely, intimate, confiding.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold