robe de chambre

Example Sentences

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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

I was in bed, but having flung on my robe de chambre, met him at the door.…

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Then Giddy appears in a white robe de chambre, her dark hair falling in waves about her shoulders.

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold

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

Lifting the porti�re inside, she entered the sleeping-room, and found the robe de chambre hanging over the back of a chair.

From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans