robe de chambre
Example Sentences
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She had put on an ample robe de chambre, of blue cashmere, caught in at the waist by a girdle of orange silk.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
But next to dressing for a rout or ball, Undressing is a woe; our robe de chambre May sit like that of Nessus, and recall Thoughts quite as yellow, but less clear than amber.
From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
Young Vermoncey had just risen; he was dressed in a robe de chambre, and was lying back carelessly in a capacious easy-chair.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
A showy Turkish cloak, or robe de chambre, had superseded my laced jacket, purple pantaloons, and hussar boots.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various
Marguerite arose, and folding her robe de chambre around her, courtesied with ceremonious respect to her mother.
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
